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Ava Serra [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
MD
Maryland US
Email: 
ava.j.serra@gmail.com
Bio: 

Ava Serra (they/she) is a disabled, non-binary writer exploring the personal topics of disordered menstruation, displaced Boricua culture, abusive survival confessionalism, domestic sapphic joy, and cautionary eco-horror. In addition to an award from the Academy of American Poets and a 2023 Pushcart Prize nomination, their works have been published or are forthcoming in Salt Hill Journal, Jelly Bucket, Black Spot Books, NAILED, Open Minds Quarterly, Lavender Review, among others. They are a poetry student in the University of Maryland’s MFA program.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Italian
Favorite authors: 
Margaret Atwood, Akwaeke Emezi, Federico García Lorca, Mina Loy, Marianne Moore, C. Russell Price, Julian Randall, Monica Youn, and more
Born in: 
MI
Michigan
Raised in: 
MI
Michigan
Website: 
https://avaserra.com [2]
Prizes won: 

2023 Academy of American Poets Prize — Judged by Hannah Baker Saltmarsh

 

Education: 
University of Maryland
Identifies as: 
Disabled
Italian
LGBTQ
Puerto Rican
Queer

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/ava_serra

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/ava_serra [2] https://avaserra.com