Nicky Bennett

Nicky Bennett is a poet, essayist, and memoirist exploring masculinity, vulnerability, desire, and identity with emotional precision and restraint. He is the author of Boy Unarmored, a collection of poems about grief, growth, and becoming, and Everything I Said Yes To, a sensual mixed-media memoir told through prose, fragments, and lyrical reflection. His latest work, Strong Enough to Be Soft: Notes on Modern Manhood, examines the quiet pressures placed on men—and the courage it takes to feel fully.

Bennett’s writing lingers in the in-between: performance and authenticity, strength and softness, longing and language. He lives in the northeastern United States, where he writes, dances, and continues saying yes to the life unfolding in front of him.