about sunshine

Sunshine “Sunny” Lately (she/they) is a queer Kentuckiana poet, artist, and community organizer. Whether through her writing or community engagement, Lately’s work is centered on creativity as a path toward personal and communal safety.

Her debut collection of poems, “Lye,” follows the ingredients of soap-making to explore how generational trauma marks us and how we might wash ourselves clean of it.

She is the founder of Golden Hours—a Louisville-based, inclusive organization that hosts writing workshops and creative community opportunities for writers of all levels.

More of Lately’s poetry is featured here, in a growing collection of anthologies and literary journals including: Rogue Agent, Fatal Flaw, Sarabande’s "Once A City Said", Beyond Queer Words, Asterales, Major 7th, and more.