Bitter Kalli (b. 1996) is a writer and land worker born in Brooklyn and based in Philly. They work across mediums including soil, seeds, and printed matter. Bitter is the author of the essay collection Mounted: On Horses, Blackness, and Liberation (Amistad/HarperCollins 2025).

Bitter’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in BOMB Magazine, Guernica Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Arts.Black, and Architectural Digest, among others. They have received support from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program and Columbia University. As a speaker and teaching artist, Bitter has worked with students at organizations including the School for Poetic Computation, the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Bitter is the founder of Star Apple Farm and Nursery, a project focused on increasing access to African and Asian diaspora heritage crops.