Shawnte Orion has published a recent book of poetry The Existentialist Cookbook (NYQBooks) and a new chapbook Faithful as the Ground (Five Oaks Press). His poems have appeared in The Threepenny Review, Barrelhouse, Georgetown Review, and New York Quarterly. He has been invited to read at bookstores, bars, universities, hair salons, museums, and laundromats. He co-hosts the monthly Caffeine Corridor Poetry Series.