Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

Poet

NY, NY

New York US

Email:

etallie@yahoo.com

Website:

www.ekeretallie.com

Author's Bio

I have taught and performed my work in Europe, North America and Southern Africa. My poetry is the subject of an 18 minute documentary by Tami Ravid, "I Leave My Colors Everywhere."

Much of my work deals with issues of ancestry and ending silence.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Go, Tell Michelle (SUNY Press, 2009)

Revenge and Forgiveness (Henry Holt, 2004)

Beyond the Frontier (Black Classic Press, 2002)

The Body Eclectic (Henry Holt, 2002)

Bum Rush the Page (Three Rivers Press, 2001)

Listen Up! (One World, 1999)

Book:

Karma's Footsteps (Flipped eye, 2011)

Journals:

Crab Orchard Review

Drumvoices Revue

Mothering

Paris/Atlantic

Prizes won:

2010 Queens Council on the Arts Grant

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

African American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Queens

Raised in:

New York, NY

New York

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Last update: Oct 17, 2011