

-2013 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER FOR DEBUT NOVEL-
NIK NICHOLSON

Cover of BLAQ: Nicholson's third collection of poetry, published in July 2025.

Queen of Non Sequiturs, Nicholson's second collection of poetry. Published June 2025

Second Edition of Descendants of Hagar published in 2017 by Apple and Pear Publishing, a small St. Louis Press.

Second Edition of Nicholson's first collection of poetry on dating, breaking up, relationships and love. Published by Apple and Pear Publishing, a small St. Louis press in 2017.

Solace is a collection of poetry and prose that explores our pain, as well as our attempts to find solace in a world that seeks to destroy us. What are our strategies for survival? Where do we find solace? Audre Lorde writes that “we were never meant to survive,” yet here we are.



Longing, Lust, and Love: Black Lesbian Stories is an anthology edited by Shonia Brown, published in 2007.