Yolanda Wisher (born 1976) is an American poet, educator and spoken word artist who focuses on the experience of being African-American.

[3][4] Yolanda Wisher was born in Philadelphia and grew up in North Wales, Pennsylvania.

[5] In 2016, she was chosen as the third poet laureate of Philadelphia, following Sonia Sanchez (2012–13) and Frank Sherlock (2014–15), respectively,[3][7] and is a 2016 writer-in-residence at the Hedgebrook residency program for women writers.

She frequently plays music with her band "Yolanda Wisher and the Quick Fixx".

[5] Books of Poetry Contributor to Anthologies Wisher has also published in periodicals including American Poetry Review, Black Arts Quarterly, Chain, Drumvoices Revue, Fence, Hanging Loose, Melus, Meridians Feminism, Race, Transnationalism, nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts, Open Letter, Ploughshares, and POeP!.