Tamara J. Madison is an internationally traveled author, poet, performer, and editor currently teaching as a professor of English and Creative Writing at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida.  Her critical and creative works have been published in various journals and magazines including Poetry International, Tidal Basin Review, Web del Sol, and Linden Avenue. She has also been published in several anthologies:  Temba Tupu, Check the Rhyme, Seattle Poets and Photographers, and SisterFire. 

Her most recent publication is a full-length poetry collection, Threed, This Road Not Damascus (Trio House Press – May 2019).   An earlier manuscript of the book was short-listed for the 2015 Willow Books Literature Award.  She is the author of Collard County, A Collection of Short Stories.  Her collection, Kentucky Curdled (poetry and essay) is available in paperback, on Kindle , and poetry audiobook.

A consummate performance poet and spoken word artist, Tamara has performed for numerous stages and television. Her melodic poetry and spoken word are featured in the award winning, Naked Voice currently available on CD Baby.