WJ Lofton is the author of two collections of poetry, These Flowers were held by Broken Vases and A Garden for Black Boys Between the Stages of Soil and Stardust. His politically and socially charged poems have been published in several print and online publications, including The Tropolitan, Connotation Press, Meniscus Literary Journal, Spiral Orb, Scalawag Magazine, and have been performed around the United States.