T Kira Mad­den is an APIA writer, pho­tog­ra­ph­er, and ama­teur magi­cian. She is the found­ing edi­tor-in-chief of No Tokens, and facil­i­tates writ­ing work­shops for home­less and for­mer­ly incar­cer­at­ed indi­vid­u­als. A 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fel­low in non­fic­tion lit­er­a­ture, she has received fel­low­ships from The Mac­Dow­ell Colony, Hedge­brook, Tin House, DIS­QUI­ET, Sum­mer Lit­er­ary Sem­i­nars, and Yad­do, where she was select­ed for the 2017 Lin­da Collins Endowed Res­i­den­cy Award. She lives in New York City and teach­es at Sarah Lawrence College.