Maura Alia Badji

Poet

Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia US
Email: 
maura_badji@yahoo.com
Website: 
about.me/mauraaliabadji
Twitter/X: 
@themoxiebee

Author's Bio

Education: 
University of Washington, Seattle MFA

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
The Skinny Poetry Journal (Cherry Castle Publishing, 2019)
,
Delirious: A Poetic Celebration of Prince (NightBallet Press, 2016)
,
In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself Vol. 4 (MW Enterprises, 2002)
,
This Far Together (Haight Ashbury Literary, 1995)
Book:
Resculpting (Paper Boat Press, 1995)
Journals:
Aeolian Harp Series
,
Art Voice
,
Barely South Review
,
Boats Against the Current
,
Buffalo Spree Magazine
,
Cobalt Review
,
Coffeehouse Poets Quarterly
,
Convolvulus
,
Cups
,
Delaware Poetry Review
,
Ekphrastic Review
,
Exhibition
,
Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal
,
Half Tones to Jubilee
,
Identity Theory
,
Pirene's Fountain
,
Poetalk
,
Rogue Agent
,
Spillway
,
SugarSugarSalt
,
Switched-On Gutenberg
,
Synapse
,
The Citron Review
,
Tight
,
Welter

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
Teaching My Mother to Give Birth by Warsan Shire, Thief in the Interior by Phillip B. Williams, Dear Continuum by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Rose Gold by Walter Mosley, Writing Alone and With Others by Pat Schneider

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
African American, Feminist, Italian American, Mixed-Race
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Born in: 
Buffalo
Raised in: 
Mid-Hudson Valley, NY
New York
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Last update: Jun 05, 2025