Poet, Fiction Writer, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Spoken Word Artist
Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Anthologies:
Revolutionary Poets Brigade - Los Angeles (Vagabond, 2014)
, Gendered Resistance: Women, Slavery and the Legacy of Margaret Garner (University of Illinois Press, 2013)
, Let Loose On The World: Celebrating Amiri Baraka at 75 (Ted Wilson/Amiri Baraka Tribute Collective, 2009)
, The Black Body (Seven Stories Press, 2009)
, The Truth About The Fact: Int'l Journal of Literary Nonfiction Spring 2009 (Loyola Marymount University, 2009)
, Skin Deep: Women Writing on Color, Culture and Identity (Crossing Press, 1994)
, We Who Believe In Freedom: Sweet Honey In The Rock (Anchor Books, 1993)
Books:
The Evening News - Essays And Commentaries From NPR And Other Clouds (Poets Pay Rent, Too, 2015)
, Black Women for Beginners (Writers & Readers, 1993)
, Soft Song (Harlem River Press, 1991)
, Typing in the Dark (Harlem River Press, 1991)
Journals:
Black Film Review
, Black Mask Magazine
, Killens Review of Arts & Letters
Fiction
Book:
Uncertain Rituals (Poets Pay Rent, Too, 2013)
Poetry
Anthologies:
Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising From The Cultural Quakes & Shifts of Los Angeles (Tia Chucha Press, 2016)
, The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, 8th Edition (Bedford Books, 2008)
, Poetry: An Introduction, 5th edit. (Bedford / St. Martin's , 2007)
, Voices From Leimert Park (Tsehai Publishers, 2006)
, Beyond the Frontier (Black Classic Press, 2002)
, Tenderheaded (Pocket Books, 2001)
, Spirit & Flame (Syracuse University Press, 1997)
, A Rock Against the Wind (Perigee Books, 1996)
, I Hear a Symphony (Anchor Books, 1994)
Spoken Word
Performances:
Blood Bank (2021)
, Higher Ground (Audio CD) (2008)
, On The Sharp Side (Audio CD - Poets Pay Rent, Too) (2008)
, NPR Radio News & Notes With Ed Gordon (2006)
, NPR Radio Tavis Smiley Show (2005)
, NPR - "Tell Me More" ()
Prizes won:
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Identifies as:
African American
Fluent in:
English
Born in:
Cleveland,
OH
Ohio
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Last update: Feb 13, 2022