Taiyon Coleman is a member of Cave Canem, a national workshop for African-American poets, where she worked with Toi Derricotte, Cornelius Eady, Elizabeth Alexander, Nikky Finney, Michael Harper, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Sonia Sanchez. Her work has appeared in Ethos, Knotgrass, Sketch, Cave Canem Anthology IV and V, DrumVoices Revue, Sauti Mpya, Words Will Heal the Wound: A Celebration of Community Through Poetry CD Volume II, Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, and A View from the Loft. Recently, Taiyon was a featured reader with poet Nikki Giovanni in Chicago at the Hot House, celebrating the YWCA's national day to eliminate racism. Taiyon Coleman holds a MFA from the University of Minnesota, where she worked with Alexs Pate, Patricia Hampl, and Ray Gonzalez. She also holds a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in English from Iowa State University, where she became a Ronald McNair Scholar, and a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.