Formerly living in Chicago, Seattle, and Atlanta, Tamara J. Madison is a writer, poet, and performer currently living and working in New Jersey/New York. Her literary work has been published in a number of anthologies including: Temba Tupu!, an international anthology of Africana Women and Check The Rhyme: An anthology of female poets and emcees. Her poetry, fiction and critical work have been published in various literary journals, magazines and sites, most recently Poetry International, Web Del Sol Review of Books, Tidal Basin Magazine. and Tea Party Magazine with forthcoming publications in Turbulence Magazine and Black Magnolias. She is currently an instructor of English at Hudson County Community College in Jersey City, New Jersey. She has recently completed a full-length poetry manuscript in search of a publisher.

Sistuh's Sermon on the Mount (Open Hand Publishing, LLC, 1993)

Temba Tupu! (Africa World Press, 2008), Sisterfire (Harper Collins, 1994)

OVS Magazine, Pearl Magazine, Poetry International, The Henniker Review