[1][2] May lived in Detroit, where he taught poetry in public schools as a Writer-in-Residence with InsideOut Literary Arts.

[3] May has taught at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, and was a fellow at the Kenyon Review between 2014 and 2016.

[4][5] May cites Vievee Francis, another poet from Detroit, as an influence and mentor.

[1][6] His first book, Hum, received generally favorable reviews.

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