Mićhelle

Mićhelle is originally from San Salvador, El Salvador. Her second home is Washington, DC. She likes to read, listen to music, and dance. She is a freshman in college.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherJune 3, 2026Stubborn Roots

Luisa

Luisa (she/her) is a 17-year-old Hispanic poet from Washington, DC. Luisa is a senior at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School and is involved in the community—helping out in the Latin American Youth Center, Capitol City Robotics, Freshfarms, and elsewhere.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherJune 3, 2026Stubborn Roots

Ty

Ty is a 22-year-old writer from Talbot County, MD, interested in advocacy and writing for social change.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Yemmis

Yemmis (she/her) is a 15-year-old Hispanic writer from Washington, DC. Stubborn Roots is her first book with Shout Mouse.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

n.a.o

n.a.o (she/her) is a 21-year-old Kenyan Black American woman from Prince George's County, MD

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Brandy

Brandy (she/her) is a 20-year-old Latin American writer from Washington, DC. Brandy is a junior at George Washington University, majoring in Human Services and Social Justice.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Lemonade

Lemonade (she/her) is a young African American poet from Northeast DC. Stubborn Roots contains Lemonade’s first published work. She enjoys talking about social justice issues and her community in her free time.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Sarah J.

Sarah (she/her) is a 23-year-old poet from Maryland and a recent graduate interested in pursuing a career in marketing.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Nicole

Nicole (she/her) is a 19-year-old author from the Washington, DC metropolitan area attending college in Maryland. Her pieces “dirt princess” and “radical tenderness” in this anthology are explorations of her identity, experiences growing up, and perspectives on the world around her.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Takier

Takier (she/her) is a 23-year-old Afro-Caribbean American poet from the DC metropolitan area.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Iman

Iman (she/her) is a 15-year-old Black poet from Washington, DC. “Equality,” “On Belonging,” and “Mascara” are her first published pieces with Shout Mouse Press.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Lauren

Lauren is an 18-year-old African American from Prince George’s County, MD. This will be Lauren’s first time publishing a piece with Shout Mouse Press.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Faviola

Faviola (she/her) is a 17-year-old DC native and Honduran daughter of an immigrant mother. Stubborn Roots contains Faviola’s first published work.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Amélie

Amélie (she/they) a 16-year-old Black poet from Lanham, MD. Their favorite hobbies are listening to music and playing their bass clarinet, drawing, learning Chinese and its colorful culture, and when possible, building Legos for hours on end.

Split This RockKathy CrutcherMay 15, 2026Stubborn Roots

Oliver

Oliver (he/they) is an 18-year-old queer Taiwanese-Chinese American writer from Bethesda, MD.

QYV, Split This RockKhumoyun AbdulpattoevJune 17, 2025The Light Looks Like Me, Stubborn Roots

Joy

Joy is a 23-year-old Nigerian American from the small suburb of Lithonia, GA, just outside of Atlanta.

LAYC, Split This RockKathy CrutcherMarch 28, 2022Joy-Grace, Bright Before Us, Stubborn Roots

London

London (he/they) is a 21-year-old Black activist and queer poet from Washington, DC. Stubborn Roots is London’s second book with Shout Mouse Press. He is also the author of the Shout Mouse’s children’s title Man Up!

Reach, Split This RockKathy CrutcherJanuary 7, 2021Man Up, Bright Before Us, Stubborn Roots

Sasa

Salihah “Sasa” Aakil was a sophomore in high school in Silver Spring, Maryland when she wrote I am the Night Sky. She enjoys writing, painting, doing pottery, and talking to people. She likes hunting down stories, asking people about their experiences, and creating art after them: sometimes for healing, sometimes for remembering, sometimes for rebellion.

NWMI, Split This RockSMP StaffAugust 1, 2019I am the Night Sky, Bright Before Us, Stubborn Roots