Nicole Morris

Poet

Los Angeles, CA

California US

Website:

www.nicolemorriswrites.com/

Author's Bio

Nicole Morris is a Black working-class poet and essayist. Her writing has been featured in North American and Irish journals, including The Stinging Fly, Banshee, Roxane Gay’s The Audacity, Poetry Ireland Review, and elsewhere. She’s a recipient of the 2025 Irish Arts Council Literary Bursary and is an alum of the Tin House Autumn 2024 Workshop. Originally from Los Angeles, she lives in Western Ireland.

Writers Retreats:

DISQUIET International Literary Program

Tin House Summer Workshop

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

The Hajar Book of Rage (Hajar Press, 2025)

Inside Relationships: Critical Creative Case Studies in Interpersonal Communication (Routledge, 2022)

Journals:

Banshee

Crannóg

Glass

Poetry Ireland Review

Prizes won:

Irish Arts Council Literary Bursary, 2025

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Toni Cade Bambara, Jo Ann Beard, Maggie O'Farrell, Diane Seuss

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Born in:

Los Angeles, CA

California

Raised in:

Los Angeles, CA

California

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Last update: Nov 14, 2025