Fiction Writer, Poet
Norman,
OK
Oklahoma US
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Publications & Prizes
Fiction
Journals: , ,
Brilliant Corners
, Callaloo
, Crab Orchard Review
, , , Kenyon Review
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Anthologies:
The Civil Rights Reader: American Literature from Jim Crow to Reconciliation (University of Georgia Press, 2009)
, Approaching Literature: Writing, Reading, Thinking (2nd Edition) (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007)
, These Hands I know: African American Writers on Family (Sarabande Books, 2006)
, Rainbow Darkness: An Anthology of African American Poetry (Miami University Press, 2005)
, The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (Autumn House Press, 2005)
, Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic (Tor Books, 2004)
, Blues Poems (Everyman, 2003)
, Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam (Crown Publishers, 2001)
, Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (Warner Books, 2000)
, Identity Lessons: Contemporary Writing About Learning to Be American (Viking/Penguin, 1998)
Books:
Red Clay Suite (Southern Illinois University Press, 2007)
, Outlandish Blues (Wesleyan University Press, 2003)
, The Gospel of Barbeque (Kent State University Press, 2000)
Prizes won:
Paterson Award for Literary Excellence; Fiction Scholarship, Sewanee Writers Conference; Finalist, Mary McCarthy Prize for Fiction; Second Prize, Crab Orchard Open Competition; Poetry Fellowship, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference; Honorable Mention, Zoetrope Prize for Fiction; Wick Prize for First Book of Poetry; Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony; Award, Rona Jaffe Foundation for Women Writers
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
African American
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Kokomo
Raised in:
Durham,
NC
North Carolina
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Last update: Jul 01, 2009