Madisen Kuhn is a poet from Charlottesville, Virginia.

She likes to explore topics of identity, connection, beauty, mental illness, and hope in her work.

At 19, Madisen self-published her first poetry collection, Eighteen Years, after gaining a following on Tumblr and Instagram. She went on to publish Please Don't Go Before I Get Better in 2018 with Gallery Books. Her third book, Almost Home, was a semi-finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards — Best Poetry Books of 2019. Her books have been sold in Target, Urban Outfitters, Barnes & Noble, and independent bookstores across the country.

Her fourth collection of poetry, Bad At Existing, is an exploration of the complexities of identity, self-perception, self-expression, longing, and hope—capturing the duality of wanting to be seen by the world while also wanting to hide from it.

Madisen has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio & Digital Arts with a Minor in Creative Writing. She is represented by Katherine Latshaw and Erin Harris of Folio Literary Management.

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