Tawanda Mulalu

Poet

New York, NY
New York US
Website: 
www.tawandamulalu.com
Twitter/X: 
@tawandamulalu

Author's Bio

Tawanda Mulalu was born in Gaborone, Botswana. He is the author of Nearness (The New Delta Review, 2022) and Please make me pretty, I don't want to die (Princeton University Press, 2022). His poems appear or are forthcoming in Brittle Paper, Lana Turner, Lolwe, The New England Review, The Paris Review, A Public Space and elsewhere. He mains Ken in Street Fighter.

Writers Retreats: 
Community of Writers

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Nearness (New Delta Review, 2022)
,
Please make me pretty, I don't want to die (Princeton University Press, 2022)
Journals:
Baffler
,
Black Warrior Review
,
Lana Turner: A Journal of Poetry and Opinion
,
Lolwe
,
Massachusetts Review
,
New England Review
,
Palette Poetry
,
Paris Review
,
Peripheries
,
A Public Space
Prizes won: 

The Denver Quarterly 2022, Bin Ramke Prize for Poetry; The New Delta Review 2020-21 Chapbook Contest winner (judged by Brandon Shimoda); Brooklyn Poets Yawp May 2021 Poet of the Month; David McCord Prize for the Arts 2020, Adams House, Harvard College

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Sylvia Plath, Okot p'Bitek, Haruki Murakami, Helen DeWitt
What I'm reading now: 
Dunce by Mary Ruefle

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Black
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Gaborone
Botswana
Raised in: 
Gaborone
Botswana
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Last update: Feb 23, 2022