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Millicent A. A. Graham [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Kingston
Jamaica
JM
Email: 
thedampinthings@gmail.com
Bio: 

Millicent A. A. Graham lives in Kingston, Jamaica. She is the author of two collections of poetry The Damp In Things (Peepal Tree Press, 2009) and The Way Home (Peepal Tree Press, 2014). A fellow of the University of Iowa's International Writing Program, 2009 and an awardee of the Michael and Marylee Fairbanks International Fellowship to Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, 2010. Her work has been published in: So Much Things To Say 100 Calabash Poets; the Jamaica Journal; Caribbean Writer; BIM; City Lighthouse and recently contributed to Yonder Awa, an anthology of Scottish and Caribbean writers for the Empire Cafe Project.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Kingston
Jamaica
Raised in: 
Kingston
Jamaica
Website: 
https://millicentgraham.wixsite.com/thew… [2]
Prizes won: 
  • Observer Lieterary Award, 2007
  • JCDC Literary Award
  • Calabash Writing Fellow, 2005
  • University of Iowa's International Writing Program, 2009
  • The Michael and Marylee Fairbanks International Fellowship to Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, 2010
Writers Retreats: 
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Identifies as: 
Jamaican
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Any
At Risk Youth
Incarcerated Individuals
Seniors

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/millicent_a_a_graham [2] https://millicentgraham.wixsite.com/thewayhome