Sayuri Matsuura Ayers is a poet and writer from Columbus, Ohio. She earned her MFA in creative nonfiction from Randolph College as a Blackburn Fellow. Ayers has received the Ohio Arts Council's Individual Excellence Award for her poetry and essays. She is the author of three poetry collections: Radish Legs, Duck Feet (Green Bottle Press), Mother/Wound (Full/Crescent Press), and The Woman, The River (Porkbelly Press). Her prose collection, The Maiden in the Moon, was published by Porkbelly Press. A Pushcart and Best of the Net Nominee, Ayers has published her work on The Poetry Foundation website and in Ninth Letter, TriQuarterly, JOYLAND, Hippocampus Magazine, and ANMLY. Her creative work has been supported by Yaddo, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Kundiman, the Streetlight Guild, The Ohio Arts Council, and The Greater Columbus Arts Council.
