Ziysah von Bieberstein is a poet, visionary, and unsettled settler who co-dreams collective futures here on Michi Saagiig Anishinaabe territory. A slam champ and founding member of the Peterborough Poetry Slam, ze has competed, performed, and facilitated workshops across Turtle Island. As co-founder of Take-Out Poetry, ze curates teams of poets to serve up fresh, customized, typewritten poetry from a bicycle-drawn cart. Ziysah’s most recent collection, Consents +/=/- Severances, has been described as “ a necessary upheaval” and “an ecstatic kind of justice.” Ziysah is currently serving as Peterborough’s Poet Laureate.