Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Taiyon is a Cave Canem fellow, and her work has appeared in 'Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam,' 'Riding Shotgun: Women Writing about Their Mothers,' 'The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South' edited by Nikky Finney; 'Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota,' and her critical essay, “Disparate Impacts: Living Just Enough for the City,” appears in the 2016 anthology, 'A Good Time for the Truth,' edited by Sun Yung Shin. Taiyon is completing her first novel, 'Chicago@Fifteen,' and she lives in the Twin-Cities area.