full pubs x press list: poems

OTHER SELECT PRESS

• Conquering the Page, Interview in Teachers & Writers Magazine

• Radio Reading & Interview, WKCR's Studio A

• In the Spotlight Community Feature, Association of Writers & Writing Programs

• The Letter All Your Friends Have Written You review in Pank Magazine

• Caits & co-author Tishon interviewed in Used Furniture Review and Canteen Magazine

• the wolf & me viewed in Okayplayer and This Is Real Music

• Adding Colour to the World, Unreserved Magazine, Malaysia

• Live Radio Interview, BFM Radio, Malaysia

• Using Poetry For Change, Spook Magazine, Australia

• Sharing and Connecting Through Poetry, The Citizen, Tanzania

  RECOGNITION, AWARDS & GRANTS

  • Nominee for Best of the Net by Split This Rock (2018)

  • The Teacher-Writer Award, City College English Department Awards (2017)

  • Art & Social Change Grant Recipient, The Puffin Foundation West (2017)

  • Honorable Mention, Split This Rock Freedom Plow Award for Poetry & Activism (2017)

  • Social Change Leader Seed Grant Recipient, The Pollination Project (2016)

  • Educational Enrichment Grant Recipient, City College of New York (2016)

  • Nominee for Pushcart Prize by Duende (2016)

  • The Jerome Lowell DeJur Prize in Creative Writing, City College English Department Awards (2015)

  FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS

  • 360 Degree Residency, Hole In the Wall Collective (2020)

  • Second Book Fellow, Palette Poetry (2019)

  • Decelerator Residency, The Strange (2019)

  • Participant, Tin House Summer Workshop (2018)

  • Finalist, The June Jordan Fellowship, Columbia University (2017)

  • Fellow, BOAAT Writer's Retreat (2016)

  • Artist Residency, Drop Forge & Tool (2016)

  • Artist Residency, Turkey Land Cove Foundation for Women (2016)

  • Ja’Nai First Place Scholarship Winner, Winter Poetry and Prose Getaway (2014)

  • First Place Fellowship Winner, OneWorld Poetry Competition, Pan-African Literary Forum (2008)

POEMS
Two Poems - Drunken Boat, Union Folio (2015)
Three Micro Poems - The Offing (2015)
Three Poems - Duende (2015)
M A N I F E S TO for my homegirls - FemLit (2015)
Three Poems - Ty(poetic)us, (2015)
Two Poems - Drunken Boat, Union Folio (2015)
Three Micro Poems - The Offing (2015)
Two Poems - Drunken Boat, Union Folio (2015)
Three Micro Poems - The Offing (2015)
Little Pleasure - The Quotable (2015)
The Abyss - Sweet Wolverine Anthology (2015)
Two Poems - He(Art) Journal (2014)
There Are So Many Poems For Black Boys - Radius Lit (2014)
The Muse - Kenning Journal (2014)
Two Poems - He(Art) Journal (2014)
All The Ways To Sing In Portuguese - The Feminist Wire (2014)
Ways To Fight For Life In Harlem - 2013 Hippocrates Prize Anthology (2013)
Two Poems - The Feminist Wire (2013)
All The Ways To Sing In Portuguese - The Feminist Wire (2014)
Kissing - Chorus, Edited by Saul Williams, MTV Books (2012)
Kissing - Chorus, Edited by Saul Williams, MTV Books (2012)
Two Poems - Trip City (2012)
The Advice (& essay on Yona Harvey) - The Operating System (2012) 
Kissing (Audio) - Litro Lit Mag Literary Mixtape (2012)
Zimbabwe - Kindling Magazine (2012)
Two Poems (Audio) - The Pedestal Magazine (2011)
Dear Roger - CulturePop (2010)
Intro: Op. 67 Instructions (Audio) - IndieFeed (2010)
Two Poems - Moments of the Soul: poems of meditation and mindfulness (2010)
Two Poems, The Literary Review (2009)
Three Poems - Spoken Word Almanac Anthology (2008)
Two Poems - His Rib: Stories, Essays and Prose by Women (2007)
Poem for Mazique - Gotpoetry.com 2007 Best Of Anthology (2007)
Before - The Oriel Literary Magazine (2008)

full publication list: articles & essays

5 Ways Engaging Self Work Can Change the World - Cameron Diaz's The Body Book Blog (2015)
Ten Notes for Women on Social Media... - Cameron Diaz's The Body Book Blog (2015)
Five Ways Yoga Can Make Your Writing Practice Better - Mind Body Green (2015)
Five Daily Writing Practices That Expand Awareness - Cameron Diaz's The Body Book Blog (2015)
Six Uplifting Things You Can Say To Creatives With Day Jobs - Thought Catalog (2014)
On Turning Inward - RebelleSociety (2014)
Five Ways To Access Your Feminine Divide Through Your Sacral Chakra - Mind Body Green (2014)
Where The Grass Is Always Green(er) - Elephant Journal (2012)
Love In The Time of IBS - Pulp Nature (2012)
Collage & (De)Construction: Teaching Mickalene Thomas - The Operating System (2012)

Honors & Awards Before 2015.

Ja’Nai First Place Scholarship Winner
Winter Poetry and Prose Getaway (2014)

Scholarship Recipient and Acceptance
Juniper Summer Writing Institute (2014)

Scholarship Recipient and Acceptance
Wesleyan Writing Conference (2014)

The Cultural Center’s 2013 Poetry Competition
Judge: Cornelius Eady | Finalist (2013)

Summer Literary Seminars Poetry Contest
Fellowship Recipient (2011 & 2012)

OneWorld Poetry Competition Pan-African Literary Forum
First Place Fellowship Winner (2008)

Poets&Writers Sponsored Amy Awards
Semi-Finalist (2007, 2012, 2014)