Mer Wade (they/them) is a poet, essayist, and musician based in New York City. They are a graduate of NYU Gallatin, where they earned an interdisciplinary Master’s in cultural studies, creative writing, and history. Their interests center on genre hybridity and the politics of popular culture. Mer’s work has appeared in Bright Wall/Dark Room, Bloodletter, Sojourners, Red Cedar Review, and elsewhere.
selected writings:
- review: Cherry On Top (2025), Bloodletter, December 2025.
- essay: “Sing the Body: Unearthing the Murder Ballad’s Radical Possibility,” Bloodletter, September 2025.
- review: DADDA (2024), Bloodletter, August 2025.
- essay: “Beyond the Midnight Realm: Reorienting Horror Tropes and Trans Suffering in I Saw the TV Glow,” Bright Wall/Dark Room, January 2025.
- poem: “Écriture Féminine,” Red Cedar Review, May 2024.
- essay: “Plastic Nostalgia,” The Ear, May 2023 (print).
- poem: “Hunger Pangs,” Grlsquash, Issue 4, Winter 2019 (print).
selected collaborations:
- zine: this moment may ignite: found poems for Palestine, with Hana Anwar, March 2024.
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