COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

Books • Poems in Journals, Anthologies and Blogs • Translations • Prose • Selected Introductions, Citations, and Blurbs • Selected Media Appearances • Selected Awards / Honors • Writing Residencies • Academic Appointments • Non-Credit Workshops Taught • Service / Professional Affiliations • Academic Lectures / Readings / Presentations
books
Spectral Evidence, poems. Knopf, New York: 2024
Book Launch, New York Public Library, Main Branch w/ Dr. Imani Perry, Jan. 30, 2024
Shortlisted for the 2024 National Book Award in Poetry
Selected critical attention for Spectral Evidence:
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“LitHub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024,” Literary Hub (Jan. 3, 2024)
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“Self-Inventory: On Gregory Pardlo’s Spectral Evidence,” Los Angeles Review of Books (Feb. 1, 2024)
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“Sweatshop of the Eye,” Poetry Foundation (March 2024)
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Las Vegas Review of Books (April 2024)
Air Traffic, Knopf, New York, NY: 2018
Selected critical attention for Air Traffic:
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“Janet Maslin’s Favorite Books of 2018,” The New York Times (Dec. 4, 2018)
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“A Poet’s Memoir Explores Race, Addiction and a Fraught Father-Son Relationship,” by Mitchell Jackson for the New York Times (June 14, 2018)
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Publishers Weekly, review (Mar. 19, 2018)
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Kirkus, starred review (Feb. 15, 2018)
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Booklist, starred review (Feb. 1, 2018)
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"How a young writer emerged from a troubled past to a pulitzer," The Washington Post (April 17, 2018)
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Gannet Papers (NJ, syndicated to USA Today), feature by Tammy Paolino (April 8, 2018)
Digest, Four Way Books, New York, NY: 2014
Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
Selected critical attention for Digest:
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“David Orr’s 10 Favorite Poetry Books of 2014,” The New York Times (December 22, 2014)
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SFGate, review Stephen Burt (January 8, 2015)
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Coldfront Magazine, review by Scott Hightower (April 26, 2015)
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The Rumpus, review by Phillip B. Williams (July 8, 2015)
Totem. APR/Copper Canyon. Port Townsend, WA: 2007
Winner, 2007 American Poetry Review/ Honickman First Book Prize
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Selected critical attention for Totem:
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“(Inter/Re)view of Greg Pardlo’s Totem," Post No Ills
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Constant Critic, review by Jordan Davis
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"Wednesday Shout Out," Rigoberto Gonzales for Poetry Foundation (Jan. 23, 2008)
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“Lots and Lots of Neat,” Kent Shaw (Aug. 10, 2009)
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“Defying Type: Poet Gregory Pardlo,” interview by Richard Yeh for CUNY Radio Podcasts
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Interview by Andrew McFadyen Ketchum for Poem of the Week (June 22, 2007)
Pencil of Rays & Spiked Mace: Selected Poems of Niels Lyngsoe. trans. (from Danish), BookThug. Toronto, Canada: 2005
poems in journals, anthologies, and blogs
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“Theater Selfie,” Pushcart Prize XLIX Best of the Small Presses, Bill Henderson, ed. Norton, New York, 2025
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“Theater Selfie,” and “Charm for Enduring the Dark Night of the Soul,” The Markaz Review. Nov. 24, 2024
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“Know Yourselves” and “Supernatural Bread,” Shanghai Literary Review. Issue 8, Sept. 21, 2024.
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“Antebellum,” This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets. Kwame Alexander, ed. Little Brown, 2024
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“Dragonflies,” The New Yorker, Jan. 15, 2024
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“Giornata 4,” Poem-A-Day, Jan. 11, 2024
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“Wishing Well,” Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World. Pádraig Ó Tuama, ed. W.W. Norton, 2023
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“At Richard Rodgers Theater,” The Yale Review, Sept. 18, 2023
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“My father Bacchus wanted a girl,” Poem-A-Day, Dec. 15, 2022
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“Supernatural Bread,” From the Inside: NYC through the Eyes of the Poets Who Live Here, George Wallace, ed. Blue Light Press, 2022
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“The Essay on Faith,” American Poetry Review Vol. 51, No.3, May-June 2022
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“Occult,” Paris Review, Summer 2022
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“The famous athlete doubts the planet,” The New Republic, May 19, 2022
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“Allegory,” The New Yorker, March 1, 2021.
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“The swear jar isn’t empty,” Poem-A-Day, May 19, 2020
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“Written By Himself,” More Truly and More Strange, Lisa Russ Spar, ed. p. 130
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“Convertible,” Written Here: The Community of Writers Poetry Review 2017. Morrisville, NC: Lulu Press. 2019
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“Descapotable,” Diván. Vol. 1. Trans. Jorge Vessel. Granada: Centro Federico Garcia Lorca, 2019
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“Descapotable,” Desperate Literature: The Unamuno Author Series Festival Anthology. Trans. Jorge Vessel. Madrid: Desperate Literature, 2019
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“For Which It Stands” and “Written By Himself,” Misrepresented People: Poetic Responses to Trump’s America, Alvarez & Di Stefano, eds., New York: NYQ Books (2018)
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Renga for Obama, Major Jackson, ed., Cambridge, MA: Harvard Review Chapbook, 2018
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“Asking for a Friend,” “Thanks for Sharing,” and “Contumely for the Hyphen,” The Cortland Review. Spring 2018
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“Landscape with Intervention,” Carrying the Branch: Poets in Search of Peace, Frank, Jones, Kaye, Larson, Mindock, & Studdard, eds. Glass Lyre Press; Glenview, IL (2017) pp.183-186
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“Metaphor,” “Convertible,” and “Supernatural Bread,” The Fight and the Fiddle, 2017
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“Dragonflies,” “The Dreamer Is the Subject of the Dream,” Callaloo, Summer, 2016
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“Hey Good Looking,” Pine Hill Review, College St. Rose, Fall 2014
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“Epistemology of the Phone Booth,” Poem-A-Day, Academy of American Poets, 2014
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“Rolling Thunder,” Please Excuse This Poem, Brett Fletcher-Lauer, ed.
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“Wishing Well,” Best American Poetry 2014, Terrance Hayes, ed.
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“#136,” The Sonnets: Translating and Rewriting Shakespeare, Sharmila Cohen & Paul Legault, eds., Telephone Books, 2012
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“Tall Poppies,” Meridian, Issue 29, May 2012
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“Wishing Well,” Painted Bride Quarterly
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“Philadelphia, Negro,” Tin House, 14:2, Winter 2012. 196-197
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“Alienation Effects,” Ploughshares, Spring 2012, Nick Flynn, ed.
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“Prom Lighting with Cummerbund,” Black Renaissance/ Renaissance Noir
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“Copenhagen, 1995,” Muzzle Magazine, Winter, 2012
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"Problema 3,” Gwarlingo, Oct. 22, 2011
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“Copyright,” A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Poetry, University of Akron Press. Spring, 2012
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“Spirit of St. Louis,” Chronicle of Higher Education blog Monday’s Poem, Oct. 9, 2011
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“Double Dutch” and “Written By Himself,” Poetry Foundation
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“Raisin,” The Nation. August 1/8 2011
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“Landscape with Intervention,” Rio Grande Review, Spring 2011
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“Palling Around,” Boston Review (National Poetry Month online edition), April 2011
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“Shades of Green,” “Four Improvisations on Ursa Corrigendora,” “Chapel Avenue After Closing,” and “All God’s Chillun,” Beltway Poetry Journal, Vol. 12:2, Spring 2011
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“Boethius,” and “Heraclitus,” The Collagist, Issue 19, February 2011
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“After Charles Caryl Coleman’s View of Vesuvius: Effect 11:25AM,” “Pool Table,” and “ZoSo,” Jerry Magazine, #2, February, 2011
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“Double Dutch,” Beltway Poetry Journal, Vol. 12:1, Winter 2011
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“Attachment: Atlantic City Pimp,” and “St. Augustine,” Ploughshares, Winter 2010-11, Terrance Hayes, ed.
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“The Clinamen Improvisations” Callaloo, 33:3, Summer 2010. 598-603
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“Written By Himself,” Best American Poetry, 2010, Ed. Amy Gerstler. New York: Scribner, 2010. 118.
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“Marginalia,” So Much Things to Say, Kwame Dawes, ed. New York: Akashic, 2010. 191-199.
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“Aquinas,” “Occam,” and “Gassendi,” The Awl, July 23, 2010.
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“Atlantic City Sunday Morning,” What’s Your Exit?, Word Riot Press
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“Suburban Noir,” “Man Reading In Bed By A Window With Bugs.” Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry. Ed. Camille Dungy. Athens: University of Georgia Press. 2009. 306.
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“Ghosts In the Machine: Synergy and the Dialogic System,” Harvard Review
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“Four Improvisations on Ursa Corregidora,” “Written By Himself,” “All God’s Chillun,” American Poetry Review, Jul-Aug 2009
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“Marginalia,” and “Conrad in Harlem,” Poet Lore, 104:1/2, Spring, Summer 2009: 93-105.
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“Four Improvisations on Frank Morgan, Saxophonist,” P.S.1 MoMA Newspaper, Fall/ Winter 2008
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“Copyright,” “Title It Shotgun Wound,” and “Atlantic City Sunday Morning,” Academy of American Poets.
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“Double Dutch,” American Poetry Review, 37:4, 2008
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“Raisin,” “Renaissance Man,” “Shades of Green,” “Copyright,” Black Renaissance/ Renaissance Noir, 7:3, 2007: 110-111.
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“Vanitas: Mother’s Day,” Gulf Coast, 20.1, 2007
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“Winter After the Strike,” Poem of the Week, June 22, 2007
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“Winter After the Strike,” Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2006. 142.
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“Soundtrack,” Callaloo, Summer 2006, 29:3.
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“Double Dutch” and “Minaturist,” Saranac Review, Issue 2, 2006
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“glass,” limited edition broadside printing by Center for Book Arts, NYC, Nov. 2005
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“Totem,” “Miniaturist,” “Suburban Passional,” “Double Dutch,” “Roller Coaster,” and “Soundtrack,” From the Fishouse, 2005
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“Restoring O’Keeffe” and “Title It Shotgun Wound,” Volt No. 11, 2005
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“Totem” and “Libretto,” Callaloo Fall 2004, 27:4.
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“Vincent’s Shoes,” Seneca Review Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, Fall 2003
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“Portrait of the Artist as a Child,” “Sugar Pie Honey Bunch,” and “Volume Control, Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas, 9:1, Spring 2003
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“Atlantic City Sunday Morning,” Painted Bride Quarterly, Issue 69, Spring 2003
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“Dolphin Charter, Cape May, NJ,” Blue Moon Review, Summer 2002
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“Winter After the Strike,” Ploughshares, Spring 2002, 28:1.
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“Must Be the Music,” Suburban Noir,” “Man Reading In Bed By A Window With Bugs,” and “In Canal St. Station Late At Night,” La Petite Zine #8
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“Double Dutch” (previously titled “Study of Motion With a Clothesline in It”), Cave Canem 2001 Anthology
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“Chapel Avenue After Closing,” Lyric, Winter 2001, 1:1.
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“Arsonist” (previously titled “Pyro”), Cave Canem 2000 Anthology
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“Oils,” Callaloo, Fall 1999, 22:4.
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“Harvest: A Line Drawing,” Cave Canem 1998 Anthology
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“Only Child,” “Sweat,” Black Bear Review, Fall/ Winter 1998, Issue #26
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“Cat,” Hawai’i Review, Fall 1997, 52:22.1.
translations
Zhang Qinghua. “Breeze Blows By.” New Poetry from China, 1917-2017. Trans. (with the author’s assistance) Gregory Pardlo. Berkeley: BSE Books, 2018. 130-131. Print.
Li Sen. “Tangerine Frontier,” New Poetry from China, 1917-2017. Trans. (with the author’s assistance) Gregory Pardlo. Berkeley: BSE Books, 2018. 162-163. Print.
“Everywhere (a howl of Solomon),” poem by Neils Lyngsoe. Danish Literary Magazine. Spring 2008.
“Face (Still Life),” poem by Neils Lyngsoe. Danish Literary Magazine. Spring 2008.
prose
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“Dear Yusef Komunyakaa: On Neon Vernacular and the Half-Life of Double Consciousness,” Dear Yusef: Essays, Letters, and Poems, for and About One Mr. Komunyakaa, John Murillo and Nicole Sealey, eds. Wesleyan, 2024​
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“Inshallah Time,” Adi Magazine. May 2023​
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“Huey Digs Dylan,” Bob Dylan: Mixing up the Medicine, Davidson & Fishel, eds. Callaway, Oct. 2023
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Introduction to God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. James Weldon Johnson.
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“The Battle for the Black Soul: On the Poetic Embodiment of the Black Preacher,” LitHub, Feb. 21, 2023
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Introduction to Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. James Weldon Johnson, Knopf, 2022
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“To the Drunk Mr. Flunchy,” Letter to a Stranger, Colleen Kinder, ed., 2022
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“A Letter to Juneteenth,” There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love,” Tracy K. Smith, & John Freeman, eds. Penguin/ Random House. 2021.
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“A Letter to Juneteenth,” LitHub. July 30, 2020
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“Dear Yusef Komunyakaa: A Letter from Gregory Pardlo,” LitHub. April 19, 2019
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“The Transformative Power of Reading Poetry as a Child,” Brightly. April 9, 2018
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“To Walk a Furlong,” Powells Books Blog, April 16, 2018
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“Tolle Lege,” Yale Review, Vol. 106, No. 2, April 2018
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“Subject, Verb, Object: On Proving Your Masculinity,” Playboy March/April 2018
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“Marine Boy,” Freeman’s Journal. 2017
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“Four Decades Through a Father’s Eyes,” The New Yorker. 2017
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“The Cost of Defying the President,” The New Yorker. 2017
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“James A. Porter & Alain Locke on Race, Culture and the Making of Art: A Response Essay,” Callaloo Art, Vol. 39, No. 5 (2016), pp. 1195-1197
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“Hurrah for Schoelcher,” Union (anthology), Pang & Shankar, eds., Drunken Boat Media: New York (2015).
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“Cartography,” Prairie Schooner, personal essay, Fall 2015
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“Colored People’s Time,” Ladowich #4, personal essay
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“Hurrah for Schoelcher,” personal essay, Drunken Boat. Winter, 2014
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“To Whom It May Concern: Toward Theorizing Poems of the Interior,” Callaloo 36:3 (2013)
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“Profile of Major Jackson,” Ploughshares. Spring 2013
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“Node 5: The Question of Perfect Equilibrium,” Callaloo 35:3 (2012), 584-603.
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“On Table Tennis and Poetry,” Los Angeles Review of Books, Aug. 3, 2012
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“Review Essay: Thomas Sayers Ellis, Duriel Harris & Douglas Kearney,” Callaloo, 34:3 (2011), 959-980.
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“Framing our Ground: Ekphrastic Poetry in the Workshop,” Callaloo 34:3 (2011), 721-723.
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Poetry Relay Series,” PEN American, Aug. 2011.
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Dzanc Books Interview
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“Gregory Pardlo on his poem, ‘Attachment: Atlantic City Pimp,’” Ploughshares Literary Magazine Blog post, March 15, 2011
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“‘This Conversation Is Not Over’: The theft of Flat Langston,” GW English News Blog Post, Feb. 23, 2011
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“Inducing Muses,” Callaloo, 33:4, Fall 2010. 1000-1002.
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“Somebody’s Daughter,” About A Word Blog Post, October 10, 2010
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“Revisiting the Racial Mountain,” PEN America
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“The Mirror and the Lamp: Images of Black America in Other American Literature,” Black Renaissance/ Renaissance Noir, 7:4, 2007.
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“An Extraordinary Resistance: Disguised Registers of Opposition in Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha.” Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas, 13:1 (2007): 59-64.
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“A Way from No Way: Toward a Black Male Poetic,” Painted Bride Quarterly #75, 2006
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American Sublime, by Elizabeth Alexander, reviewed for Black Issues Book Review, Mar.-Apr., 2006
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The Maverick Room, by Thomas Sayers Ellis, reviewed for Black Issues Book Review, Mar.-Apr. 2005
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Macnolia, by A. Van Jordan, reviewed for Black Issues Book Review, Sept.-Oct. 2004
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Jelly Roll, by Kevin Young, reviewed for Black Issues Book Review, Aug.-Sept. 2003
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Leaving Saturn, by Major Jacksons, reviewed for All Things Considered, National Public Radio. Aired May 22, 2002
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Tiepolo’s Hound, by Derek Walcott, reviewed for Black Issues Book Review, Apr.-May 2001
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Mercurochrome, by Wanda Coleman, reviewed for Black Issues Book Review, Feb.-Mar. 2001
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“The Trick of Transcending Race,” a retrospective on the life and work of Jean Toomer, for Black Issues Book Review, Jan.-Feb. 2001
selected introductions, citations, and blurbs
INTRODUCTIONS & CITATIONS
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Judge’s Citation, 2024 Jackson Prize to Palestinian-American poet Fady Joudah co-written with Diane Seuss and Natalie Diaz
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Vintage Books, 2022
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Judge’s Introduction: Lopez, Antonio. Gentefication. Four Way Books, 2021.
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Judge’s Introduction: Saenz, Jacob, and Gregory Pardlo. Throwing the Crown. The American Poetry Review, 2018.
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Judge’s Foreword: Pimentel, Sasha. For Want of Water, and Other Poems. Beacon Press, 2017.
BLURBS
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Nam Le
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Makoha, Nick. The New Carthaginians, manuscript. 2024.
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Olzmann, Matthew. Constellation Route. Alice James Books, 2021.
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Wells, Jonathan. Debris. Four Way Books, 2021.
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Jackson, Major. Absurd Man: Poems. W W Norton, 2021.
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Priest, Joy. Horsepower. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020.
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Duplan, Anais. Blackspace: on the Poetics of an Afrofuture. Black Ocean, 2020.
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Matthews, Sebastian. Beyond Repair. Red Hen Press, 2020.
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Johnson, Amaud Jamaul. Imperial Liquor. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020.
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Davis, Bridgett M. The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers. Back Bay Books, 2020.
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Carlson-Wee, Anders. Low Passions: Poems. W W Norton, 2020.
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Thompson, Clifford. What It Is. Other Press, 2019.
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Dungy, Camille T. Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History. W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
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Jackson, Angela. Surprised Queenhood In the New Black Sun: the Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks. Beacon, 2018.
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Musa, Omar. Millefiori. Penguin Random House Australia, 2018.
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Mann, Lucas. Captive Audience: On Love and Reality TV. Vintage, 2018
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Seuss, Diane. Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl: Poems. Graywolf Press, 2018.
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Matambo, Bernard Farai, and Kwame Dawes. Stray. UNP - Nebraska, 2018.
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Barbosa, Shauna. Cape Verdean Blues. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018.
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Wright, Erica. All the Bayou Stories End with Drowned: Poems. Black Lawrence Press, 2017.
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Smith, Clint. Counting Descent. Write Bloody Publishing, 2016.
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Bennett, Joshua. The Sobbing School. Penguin Books, 2016.
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Kocher, Ruth Ellen. Third Voice. Tupelo Press, 2016.
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Knox, Jennifer L. Days of Shame and Failure. Bloof Books, 2015.
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Harris, Francine J. Allegiance. Wayne State University Press, 2012.
selected media appearances
​INTERVIEWS
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“Gregory Pardlo on the Psychology of Tennis, Historical Omissions, and Wanting to Be an Architect,” LitHub. Jan. 30, 2024
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“Paterfamilias,” Articulate, Season 1, Episode 3. Jan. 20, 2023
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"Winter After the Strike," CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies,Reinventing Solidarity Podcast, Episode 25. Jan. 11, 2022
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"An Interview with Gregory Pardlo,” EcoTheo Review, June 25, 2021
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“250 Years of African American Poetry” w/ Kevin Young, Tracy K. Smith and Major Jackson. Radio Times, WHYY 90.9FM Philadelphia, Dec. 23, 2020
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“Far from the Tree,” Articulate, Season 5, Episode 9. Syndicated PBS. Dec. 2019
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“Black Male Writers for Our Time,” New York Times Style Magazine, Nov. 20, 2018
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"Gregory Pardlo on Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America." PBS Books, interview at AWP, March 9, 2018
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"Gregory Pardlo on Form, His Father, and Not Writing about Race," LitHub. April 9, 2018
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"A Vicarious Encounter with Gregory Pardlo," The Millions. April 9, 2018
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Cortland Review, feature, April, 2018
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Gannet Papers (NJ, syndicated to USA Today), feature by Tammy Paolino, April 20, 2018
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"Gregory Pardlo," Kirkus, cover feature by Michael Valinsky, April 10, 2018
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"Blind Ambition: A Q&A with Gregory Pardlo," Poets & Writers Magazine, Online Exclusive. April 10, 2018
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“How to Pretend You've Read a Book You Haven't," LitHub. April 11, 2018
“An Interview with Gregory Pardlo,” Cutbank, Vol.1: 86, Winter, 2017
​REVIEWS
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"10 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This Spring," Vulture. March 15, 2018
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"A memoir of life on the razor’s edge," BookPage. April 23, 2018
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"Ten books to read in April," BBC. April 4, 2018
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"10 of the Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2018," Vogue. March 27, 2018
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Review of Air Traffic, Thomas Beller for 4Columns. April 13, 2018
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“How a Young Writer Emerged from a Troubled Past to a Pulitzer,” The Washington Post. April 17, 2018
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​Washington Square Review, review by Gbenga Adesina
​RADIO
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​WHYY (NPR: Philadelphia) “Radio Times,” live in studio, Dec. 23, 2020
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NPR (National) “Here & Now,” interview, April 16, 2018
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NPR (National), “Fresh Air,” interview, taping, April 19, 2018
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WNYC (NPR: New York) “Brian Lehrer Show,” live in studio, April 20, 2018
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WHYY (NPR: Philadelphia) “Radio Times,” live in studio, April 25, 2018
selected awards / honors
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​Longlist, National Book Award for Poetry
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Pushcart Prize for “Theater Selfie,” The Yale Review
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Blackwell Prize, West Georgia University, Carrollton, GA, USA
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2020​​​
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​Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, New York Public Library
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2019​​​
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​New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Award for Excellence
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Bingham Visiting Writer, Milton Academy, Milton, MA
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Civitella/ Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, Umbertide, Italy.
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Board of Trustees Research Fellowship for Scholarly Excellence, Rutgers University
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Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, Rutgers University
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Commencement Speaker, Pine Manor MFA program. Chestnut Hill, MA
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2018​​​
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​(2018 - 19) Poet-In-Residence, Stella Adler Actor’s Studio
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The Cortland Review Spring, 2018 featured issue dedicated to my work
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Lamont Poet, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
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2017​​​
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The Fight and the Fiddle, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2017 dedicated to my work
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(2017 - present) Fellow, New York Institute for the Humanities
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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2016​​​
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Commencement Speaker, Rowan College at Burlington County, NJ
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Silver Medalist, Independent Publisher Book Awards (for Digest)
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Glenna Luschei/ Prairie Schooner Prize for “Cartography,” (essay)
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2015​​​
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Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB Poetry Finalist (Digest)
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Hurston/ Wright Legacy Award for Poetry (Digest), Finalist
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Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (Digest)
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Poetry (Digest), Finalist
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2014​​​​​
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Teaching Fellowship, Columbia University
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Beltway Poetry Quarterly, “Best Books of 2014” (Digest)
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Best American Poetry 2014 selection for “Wishing Well.” Terrance Hayes, ed.
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2011​​​​​
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National Poetry Series, Finalist (for Digest)
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Best American Poetry 2010 selection for “Written By Himself.” Amy Gerstler, ed.
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2008​​​​​
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Essence Magazine Literary Award (Poetry), Finalist (for Totem)
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CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program, Fellow
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Coldfront Magazine, “Best First Books of 2007,” for Totem
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2007​​​​​
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APR/Honickman First Book Prize (for Totem)
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Walt Whitman Award, Semifinalist (for Totem)
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2006​​​​​
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National Poetry Series, Finalist (for Totem)
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in Translation, Winner
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2005
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New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Poetry, Winner
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Cave Canem First Book Prize, Finalist (for Totem)
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2004
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Lotos Club Foundation Award for Creative Writing, Winner
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1997 - 2001
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1999-2001: New York Times Fellowship in Creative Writing, New York University, Winner
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1997-2001: Cave Canem, African-American Poet’s Workshop Fellowship, grantee
writing residencies
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2020: Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Perugia, Italy
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2014: Betsy Hotel, South Beach, Miami, FL
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2008: MacDowell Artist’s Colony
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2004: Seaside Institute, Seaside, FL
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2003: Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA
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2001: MacDowell Artist’s Colony
academic appointments
​FULL TIME
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2024 – Present Professor, Program Head, Literature and Creative Writing, NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE
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2016 – 2024: Associate Professor, Poetry/ Creative Nonfiction, MFA program, Rutgers University-Camden.
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2009 – 2012: Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
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2005 – 2009: Assistant Professor, English and Creative Writing, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY.
​PART TIME & VISITING
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2021 – 2024: Visiting Associate Professor of Practice, Literature and Creative Writing, New York University-Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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2020 (Fall): Poetry Faculty, Bennington Low-Residency MFA
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2020 (Spring): Visiting Professor, Sarah Lawrence College
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2018 (Fall): Visiting Scholar, Shapiro Center for Writing, Wesleyan University
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2017 (Spring): Poetry Faculty, Bennington College Low-Residency MFA Program
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2016 (Spring): Visiting Professor, Sarah Lawrence College
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2014-2016: Teaching Fellow, Undergraduate Writing Program, Columbia University
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2014 (Spring): Visiting Creative Writer, Poetry. MFA Program, College of St. Rose, Albany, NY
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2013 (Spring): Instructor, Creative Writing/ Poetry, New York University, New York, NY.
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2012 (Fall), 2013 (Fall): Adjunct Professor, Creative Writing/ Poetry, Eugene Lang College, New School University, New York, NY
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2008 (Fall): Instructor, Creative Writing/ Poetry, New York University, New York, NY.
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2004: Adjunct Lecturer, English, Eugene Lang, New School University, New York, NY
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2003 – 2004: Instructor, English, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY
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2002: Adjunct Lecturer, English, Hunter College, New York, NY
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2001– 2002: Adjunct Lecturer, English, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
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2000 – 2001: Instructor, English, New York University, New York, NY
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2000 – 2001: Tutor, English, John Jay College, New York, NY
non-credit workshops taught
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Polip Festival Poetry Workshop, Prishtina, Kosovo.May 14-20, 2024
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“Me-Search Poetry: Locating the heart of emotion in research-based poetry,” Hudson Valley Writers Center, Feb. 4, 2024
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Poets and Scholars Summer Writing Retreat, Rutgers University, NJ. July 11-21, 2022
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Poets and Scholars Summer Writing Retreat, Rutgers University, NJ. July 13-23, 2021
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New York State Summer Writers Institute—Poetry, June 28-July 2, 2021. Online
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Lighthouse Writers Lit Fest—Poetry, June 7-11, 2021. Online
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Aspen Summer Writing Workshop—Memoir, June 22-26, 20. Online
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Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. Feb. 8, 2020
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Writers in Paradise, Eckerd College, St. Petersburgh, FL. Jan. 19-25, 2020
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Key West Literary Seminar, Key West, FL, Jan. 13-17, 2020
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The Poetry School, London, UK. Nov. 16, 2019
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Fine Arts Works Center Summer Workshop, Provincetown, MA, July 7-12, 2019
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New York State Summer Writer’s Institute, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, July 1-5, 2019
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Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, CA, June 21-29, 2019
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Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Palm Beach, FL, Jan. 21-26, 2019
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Key West Literary Seminar, Key West, FL, Jan. 14-18, 2019
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Coursera Memoir course, Wesleyan University. Currently more than 26K unique visitors. Oct. 2018.
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Hurston/ Wright Foundation, Washington, DC, Sept. 15, 2018
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Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, July 8-13, 2018
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Idyllwild Workshop, Idyllwild, CA, June 2-6, 2018
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Tin House Brooklyn Craft Intensive, April 29, 2018
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Poets House Master Class, New York, Jan. 20-21, 2018
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Murphy Writing Winter Getaway/ Stockton University, Absecon, NJ, Jan. 11-14, 2018
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Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY, Dec. 15-17, 2017
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Fine Arts Works Center Summer Workshop, Aug. 13-19, 2017
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, Oxford University, UK. June 16-22, 2017
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Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, June 25-July 1, 2017
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, UNC-Chapel Hill. June 3-18, 2017
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, UWI, Barbados. May 21-27, 2017
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Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY, Dec. 16-18, 2016
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Fine Arts Works Center Summer Program, August 7-12, 2016.
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Tin House Summer Workshop, Reed College, Portland, OR. July 10-17, 2016
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, Brown University, Providence, RI. June 12-25, 2016.
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Poetry by the Sea, Madison, CT, 5/27/16
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, UWI, Barbados. May 15-22, 2016.
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Frost Place Poetry Seminar, Franconia, NH. August 2-10, 2015
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Rutgers Summer Writer’s Conference, June 29, 2015
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Summer Seminar at Sarah Lawrence College, June 21-26, 2015
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Ocean State Summer Writing Conference, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. June 18-20, 2015
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, Brown University, Providence, RI. May 31-June 13, 2015
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, Black Archives, London, UK. Oct. 26-Nov. 2, 2015
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. May 18-24, 2015
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, Brown University, Providence, RI. June 1-14, 2014
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, Brown University, Providence, RI. June 2-15, 2013
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Poets House Workshop, New York, NY. April 17-May 29, 2013
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, Brown University, Providence, RI. June 3-16, 2012.
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Rutgers University-Camden Summer Writer’s Conference. June 15, 2011
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, Texas A&M, College Station, TX. May 15-25, 2011
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Poetry Master Class-Ekphrasis: The Smithsonian, Washington, DC, Feb. 16-March 30, 2011
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The Frost Place Festival and Conference of Poetry, Franconia, NH, July 8-14, 2010
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Callaloo Creative Writer’s Workshop, Texas A&M, College Station, TX. May 15-28, 2010
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North Country Institute Retreat for Writers of Color. Brooklyn, NY. July 10-13, 2008
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American Poetry Review/ Young Voices Program. Philadelphia, PA. Jan. 14, Feb. 9, March 10, and April 12, 2008
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Spring Writer’s Conference, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, April 12, 2008
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Workshop Facilitator, “Beyond the Boundaries of the ‘Poetry Unit’,” NCTE Conference, New York, Nov. 20, 2007
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PEN American Center Poetry Workshop, New York, NY, Aug. 3-4, 2007
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Calabash Writer’s Workshop, Kingston, Jamaica, 2006-2007.
service / professional affiliations
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Juror/ Advisory Board Member, The Vanderbilt University Prize in Poetry, 2024-present
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Jackson Poetry Prize Juror w/ Nathalie Diaz, Diane Seuss (awarded to Fady Joudah), 2024
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Mentor, Periplus Collective, 2022
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Co-Founder, Dakar Translation Symposium, 2022 - Present
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Fellowship Committee, New York Institute for the Humanities, 2021-present
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Co-Director, Rutgers Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, Camden Branch, 2021-2024
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Board of Directors, Author’s League Fund, 2020-present
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Director, MFA Program, Rutgers-Camden, 2020-2021
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Judge, 2019 Larry Levis Prize, Four Way Books
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Board Member, PEN America, 2018-2023
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Expert Reader, NEA, Translation Grants, 2018
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Advisory Board, Randolph College MFA Program, Lynchburg, VA. 2017-present
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Judge, APR/ Honickman Prize, 2018
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Member, Literary Committee, PEN America, 2017-present
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Fellow, New York Institute for the Humanities, 2017-present
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Director of Programming, Rutgers-Camden MFA, 2017-2019
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University Senate, Rutgers University, 2017-2019
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Juror, National Book Award, Poetry, 2017
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Juror, Jean Stein Book Award/ PEN America, 2017
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Juror, Pulitzer Prize, Poetry, 2017
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Judge, National Poetry Series, Beacon Press, 2017 (Sasha Pimentel’s For Want of Water)
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Poetry Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review, 2016 - present
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Writing Committee, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA. 2015 - present
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Juror, Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown, MA. 2015
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Juror, Massachusetts Cultural Council Individual Poetry Grants, 2014
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Juror, NEA Translation Grant, 2013
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Screener, Boston Review / Discovery Prize, 2013
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Screener, Yaddo Residency Fellowships, 2012, 2013
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Screener, Massachusetts Arts Council Literature Grant, 2012
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Screener, NEA, Translation Grants, 2012
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Trustee, PEN/ American Center, 2012-2018
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Chair, Open Book Award Committee, PEN American Center, 2012
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Screener, The Yale Younger Poet’s Prize, 2010 - 2015
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Judge, Poetry Contest, Hollins University, 2011
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Co-Director, Callaloo Creative Writing Workshops, 2010-2018
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Associate Poetry Editor, Callaloo, 2008-present
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Contributing Editor, Painted Bride Quarterly, 1998 - Present
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Trustee, Frost Place, 2005-2010
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Mentor, Amachi of New York (mentored children of incarcerated parents), 2006-2008
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Member, PEN American Center
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Member, Associated Writing Programs
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Member, Poetry Society of America
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Member, Poet’s House
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Member, Academy of American Poets
academic lectures, readings, and presentations
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Antioch Low Residency MFA, Culver City, CA
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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Singapore Writers Festival, 2024
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Reading, NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE, Feb. 23, 2024
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Reading, New York Society Library, Feb. 5, 2024
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Reading w/ Edgar Kunz & Soham Patel, Hudson Valley Writers Center, Feb. 4, 2024
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Reading w/ Tina Cane, Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI. Feb. 2, 2024
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Reading w/ Anders Carlson Wee, Stella Adler Acting Studio, Jan. 31, 2024
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New York Public Library, in conversation with Imani Perry, Jan. 30, 2024
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Visiting Poet, University of Kent, UK. Feb. 24, 2023
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Reading for Letters to a Stranger, Greenlight Books, Brooklyn, March 31, 2022
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Reading for Hunter College, CUNY-MFA Distinguished Writers Series, Oct. 21, 2021
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“Wonder in Wyoming,” Jackson Hole, WY. July 9-11, 2021
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Panel Discussion for the release of Leslie Jamison’s Make It Scream, Make It Burn. Oct. 20, 20. Online.
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Reading & Conversation w/ Kwame Dawes. A Long House (journal). Aug. 23, 2020. Online.
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Reading, FAWC, Provincetown, MA. Aug. 11, 2020. Online.
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Faculty Reading, Bennington College. June 4, 2020. Online.
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Reading for Murphy Writing Virtual Reading Series, May 29, 2020. Online.
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Reading w/ Rowan Ricardo Phillips, McNally-Jackson Booksellers, 52 Prince St. Feb. 17, 2020
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Reading, Rutgers Prep., Somerset, NJ. Feb. 12, 2020
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Roundtable Discussion, Stella Adler Acting Studio. Feb. 10, 2020
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Reading, Bureau of General Services—Queer Division. Feb. 8, 2020
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Reading w/ Grace Schulman and Anders Carlson-Wee. Stella Adler Acting Studio. Feb. 3, 2020
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Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Aug. 10, 2020
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Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Aldeburgh, UK, Nov. 8-10, 2019
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Reading at Magic City Books. Tulsa, OK. Dec. 14, 2019
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Reading w/ Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Dalton Poetry Festival. NYC. Dec. 12, 2019
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Cave Canem Legacy Conversation w/ Marilyn Nelson. The Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL. Nov. 21, 2019
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Craft Talk, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxeville, NY. Nov. 20, 2019
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Reading, Milton Academy. Milton, MA. Nov. 6, 2019
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Callaloo Conference. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. Oct. 17-19, 2019
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Furious Flower 25th Anniversary Celebration. Panel discussion w/ Erica Hunt, Douglas Kearney, Joy Priest & Aaron Coleman. Oprah Winfrey Theater, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Sept. 28, 2019
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Canaan Meetinghouse Reading Series. July 25, 2019
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Reading, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA. July 10, 2019
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Reading and Lecture, Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, CA. June 27, 2019
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Maplewood South Orange Book Festival. June 8, 2019
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Unamuno Author Series, Madrid, Spain, May 24-June 4, 2019
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Sleepy Hollow Lit Fest, Sleepy Hollow, NY. May 18, 2019
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Reading in tribute to Yusef Komunyakaa. New York University. May 11, 2019
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Panel Discussion on the work of the imagination w/ Francine Prose, Margo Jefferson & A.O. Scott. New York Institute for the Humanities, New York University. May 8, 2019
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Reading w/ Anders Carlson-Wee. Book Culture, NYC. May 6, 2019
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Farleigh Dickinson University, April 17, 2019
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AWP-Portland, March 28, 2019
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Arizona State University, March 21, 2019
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Reading and Discussion. Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough, NJ. March 15, 2019
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Reading, Jackie Robinson Foundation Annual Mentoring and Leadership Conference. New York Marriott Marquis, NYC. March 1, 2019
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Reading, Nick Virgilio Writers House, Camden, NJ. Feb. 28, 2019
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Bryn Mawr College, Feb. 13, 2019
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Reading and conversation with poet, Tess Taylor. Stella Adler Studio, NYC. Jan. 30, 2019
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The Dalton School, Dec. 4, 2018
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Stanley Burnshaw Lecture, Graduate Center, CUNY, Nov. 20, 2018
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Miami Book Fair, Miami, FL, Nov. 17, 2018
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Portland Book Festival, Portland, OR, Nov. 10, 2018
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Conversation with Natasha Trethewey. 92Y, NYC. Nov. 8, 2018
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Dodge Poetry Festival, Newark, NJ, Oct. 18-21, 2018
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Morristown Festival of Books, Morristown, NJ, Oct. 13, 2018
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Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, Oct. 10, 2018
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Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, Oct. 4, 2018
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Reading, Willingboro Public Library. Willingboro, NJ. Sept. 29, 2018
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Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Sept. 27, 2018
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Reading, The College of New Jersey. Ewing, NJ. Sept. 21, 2018
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Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 16, 2018
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Reading, Henry Ford Foundation, Detroit, MI. Sept. 13, 2018
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University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Sept. 8-12, 2018
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Featured Author, Book One Program, Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Aug. 30-31, 2018
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Keynote, Randolph College MFA, Lynchburg, VA, July 28, 2018
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Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI, June 9, 2018
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Keynote Reading, Bridgewater College Poetry Festival, Bridgewater College, Harrisonburg, VA, May 17-19, 2018
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McNally/ Jackson Bookstore, New York, NY, May 12, 2018
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Powell’s Books, Portland, OR May11, 2018
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Brazos Bookstore, Houston, TX, May 9, 2018
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Cumberland Regional High School Poetry Festival, Upper Deerfield Township, NJ, May 7, 2018
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Faculty Fellowship Round Table, CUNY Central Office, 205 E42, New York, NY, April 27, 2018
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“Labor Race & Representation,” CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, April 26, 2018
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Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD, April 25, 2018
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Philadelphia Free Public Library, Philadelphia, PA, April 24, 2018
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Inkwood Books, Haddonfield, NJ, April 23, 2018
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Politics & Prose, Washington, DC, April 22, 2018
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PEN World Voices, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, April 20, 2018
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92Y, New York, NY, April 19, 2018
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Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, April 4, 2018
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National Black Writers Conference, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY, March 24, 2018
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AWP, Tampa, FL, March 7-11, 2018
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Lamont Poet, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, Feb. 21, 2018
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Visiting Writer, NYU/ Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Feb. 6-13, 2018
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Kresge Arts Panel, Detroit, MI, Jan. 25, 2018
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Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, Atlantic City, NJ, Jan. 11-15, 2018
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“The Creative Writer’s Obligation in the Age of ____,” MLA Conference, New York, NY, Jan. 6, 2018
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Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Celebration, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, New York, NY, Dec. 13, 2017
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Zell Visiting Writer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Dec. 5-7, 2017
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Zen Center, New York, NY, Nov. 30, 2017
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CUNY Chancellor’s Reception, New York, NY, Nov. 16, 2017
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Pee Dee Poetry & Fiction Festival, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC, Nov. 8-11, 2017
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“Air This Pain: Reading for the Poetry Society of America,” CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, Nov. 2, 2017
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The Big Read, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ, Oct. 26, 2017
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Brown University, Providence, RI, Oct. 12, 2017
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New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference, Cherry Hill, NJ, Oct. 8, 2017
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St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 27, 2017
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New Hampshire Poetry Festival, Manchester, NH, Sept. 23, 2017
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New England Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference, Providence, RI, Sept. 20, 2017
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Powell’s Bookstore, Portland, OR, May 21, 2017
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Polip International Literary Festival, Prishtina, Kosovo, May 12-14, 2017
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PEN World Voices Translation Slam, Nuyorican Poets Café, New York, NY, May 5, 2017
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PEN World Voices, Poets House, New York, NY, May 2, 2017
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Philbrick Poetry Series, Providence Athenaeum, Providence, RI, April 28, 2017
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McNally/ Jackson Bookstore, New York, NY, April 17, 2017
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, April 12, 2017
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Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Celebration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, April 8, 2017
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Inprint Reading Series, Houston, TX, April 3, 2017
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Furious Flower Poetry Center, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, March 23, 2017
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Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA, March 22, 2017
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Ecopoetry Festival, Beijing, China, March 11-19, 2017
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AWP—Convention Center Book Fair Stage, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 2017
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The Field Office Reading, Washington, DC, Feb. 10, 2017
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Busboys and Poets, Washington, DC, Feb. 9, 2017
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Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ, Feb. 7, 2017
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Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Celebration, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Feb. 2, 2017
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Concord Library, Concord, MA, Dec. 10, 2016
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Warren County Community College, Washington, NJ. Dec. 7, 2016
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Callaloo Conference, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, Nov. 25, 2016
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University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, Nov. 16, 2016
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Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH, Nov. 3, 2016
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Callaloo 40th Anniversary Celebration, New York University, New York, NY, Oct. 28, 2016
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Pulitzer Prize Centennial Celebration, Cooper Union, New York, NY, Oct. 27, 2016
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University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 20, 2016
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Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Oct. 13, 2016
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Stockton University, Galloway, NJ, Oct. 10, 2016
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Teton County Library, Jackson, WY, Oct. 3, 2016
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Collingswood Book Festival, Collingswood, NJ, Oct. 1, 2016
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Keynote Reading, Montana Book Festival, Missoula, MT, Sept. 23, 2016
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University of Montana, Missoula, MT, Sept. 22, 2016
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Sentinel High School, Missoula, MT, Sept. 22, 2016
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Big Sky High School Missoula, MT, Sept. 22, 2016
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Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ, Sept. 14, 2016
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Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, July 13, 2016
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Annikki Poetry Festival, Tampere, Finland, June 11, 2016
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University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, June 7, 2016
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Listowel Writers Week, Listowel, Ireland, June 1-5, 2016
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Commencement Speaker, Rowan College at Burlington County, Mt. Laurel, NJ, May 14, 2016
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Greenwich Public Library, Greenwich, CT, May 8, 2016
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Mass Poetry Festival, Salem, MA, April 30, 2016
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Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, April 26, 2016
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Blacksmith House, Cambridge, MA, April 25, 2016
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Brooklyn Heights Public Library, Brooklyn, NY, April 19, 2016
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Arkansas Literary Festival, Little Rock, AK, April 15-17, 2016
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AWP Los Angeles, March 30-April 2, 2016
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Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures, Pittsburgh, PA, March 24, 2016
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Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA, March 18-19, 2016
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Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, New York, NY, March 15, 2016
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Tucson Book Festival, Tucson, AZ, March 12-14, 2016
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Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, March 4, 2016
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SUNY Stonybrook, Southampton, NY, March 2, 2016
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Feb. 25, 2016
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XII International Poetry Festival, Granada, Nicaragua, Feb. 14-20, 2016
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Rowan College at Burlington, Mt. Laurel, NJ, Feb. 11, 2016
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Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, Feb. 10, 2016
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Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Feb. 4, 2016
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University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, Feb. 2, 2016
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Bartow Pell Mansion, Bronx, NY, Jan. 31, 2016
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Villanova College, Villanova, PA, Jan. 28, 2016
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Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka, Jan. 13-17, 2016
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Bennington College, Bennington, VT, Jan. 8-9, 2016
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Headliner, Student Day of Poetry, Boston, MA 12/15/15
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Poetry Center, San Jose, San Jose, CA 12/5/15
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Lunch Poems Reading Series, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 12/3/15
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St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA, 12/2/15
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Poetry Center, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 12/1/15
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Fordham University, New York, NY, 11/19/15
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Moonstone Gold Reading Series, Philadelphia, PA 11/8/15
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Willingboro Public Library, Willingboro, NJ, 11/7/15
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“Reimagining the Mainstream: A Celebration of Gregory Pardlo,” CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 10/26/15
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Brazos Books, Houston TX, 10/19/15
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Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX, 10/17-10/18/15
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“Black Poetry Day,” SUNY, Plattsburgh, 10/15-10/16/15
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Brattleboro Literary Festival, Brattleboro, VT, 10/2-10/4/15
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SUNY Empire State, Brooklyn, NY 10/1/15
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The Glitter Pomegranate Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY, 9/25/15
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Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, NY, 9/20/15
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Brooklyn Poets reading w/ Natalie Shapero, St. Ann Church, Brooklyn, NY 9/18/15
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ringShout Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY 9/17/15
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First Person Plural Reading Series, New York, NY, 9/15/15
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Politics & Prose, Washington, DC, 9/9/15
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Municipal Library, Thomaston, ME, 8/26/15
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Instituto International, Madrid, Spain, 7/23/15
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Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 11/10-11/11/14.
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Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC, 10/10/14
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Dodge Foundation “Mini Festival,” Holmdel High School, Holmdel, NJ, 4/7/14
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Dodge Foundation “Mini Festival,” East Brunswick High School, E. Brunswick, NJ, 5/16/14
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Panelist, Kresge Artist Foundation “Presenting and Publishing Now 2,” Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, 6/30/13
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New York Society Library, New York, NY, 4/12/13
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Panelist, “The Colloquial Baroque: Productively Deploying the Arcane,” AWP, Boston (2013)
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Readings and Discussions, Dodge Poetry Festival, Newark, NJ, 10/11/12 – 10/14/12
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Bethesda Writer’s Center, Washington, DC, 4/10/12
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Rea Visiting Lecturer, University of Virginia, 2/23/12
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Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 10/14/11
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2011 Callaloo Conference, “Translations,” Texas A&M, College Station, TX, 10/13/11
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The 9/11 Studio Arts Project, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, 9/11/11
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Panelist, Kresge Artist Foundation “Presenting and Publishing Now 2,” Scarab Club, Detroit, MI. 7/9/11
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Rutgers University Summer Writer’s Conference, Camden, NJ, 6/20-6/30/11
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YouTube reading, “Palling Around” (poem), 3/31/11
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Panelist, PEN American Center, AWP, Washington, DC (2011)
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Lex Allen Literary Festival, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA. 3/12/11
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New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, 11/20/10
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Visiting Poet, American University, Washington, DC, 9/29/10
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Panelist, “Poet Lore’s 120th Birthday Reading, featuring Jane Shore and Ethelbert Miller, AWP, Denver, CO (2010)
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Panelist, “Black Goes Green: New African American Poets on the Natural World,” AWP. Denver, CO (2010)
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Best American Poetry Series reading New School University, NYC, 9/23/10
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Cave Canerm/ Letras Latinas, The Writers Center, Bethesda, MD, 9/17/10
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Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival, Brooklyn, NY 7/13/10
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Central Park Summerstage, NYC, 6/29/10
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The Betsy Hotel, South Beach, Miami, Fl, 6/27/10
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University of Notre Dame, 4/26/10
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The Pingry School, NJ 4/23/10
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Kensington Row Bookshop, Kensington, MD, 3/31/10
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Busboys & Poets, 14th & V Sts., Washington, DC, 3/21/10
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American University, Washington, DC, 3/2/10
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Café Muse, Chevy Chase, MD, 2/1/10
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The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 11/5/09
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Guide, Harlem Literary Tour, Poets Forum, Academy of American Poets, NYC, 10/16/09
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Roots & Vines, Lower East Side, NYC, 7/28/09
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Sunday Salon, East Village, NYC, 7/19/09
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Gershwin Hotel, NYC, w/ Cornelius Eady, 4/26/09
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35th Annual African Literature Conference, University of Vermont, 4/18/09
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New Jersey Poetry Festival, West Caldwell, NJ, 4/17/09
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Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, 4/5/09
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Max Protech Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, 3/12/09
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Reading, discussion, “Writing New York,” New York University, 12/5/08
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Pacific Standard, Brooklyn, NY, 12/4/08
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Freebird Books, Brooklyn, NY, 11/16/08
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Downtown Writer’s Center, Syracuse, NY, 11/7/08
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“Buzzer Thirty,” w/ Victor LaValle, Waltz- Astoria, Queens, NY 10/9/08
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Bar 13, New York, NY, 8/18/08
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Webcast Panel Discussion, “Laugh Lines: Humor and the Art of Writing Poetry,” New York Times Knowledge Network, 8/6/08
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Academy of American Poets, Arsenal Museum, Central Park, NYC. 7/1/08
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Calabash International Literary Festival. Treasure Beach, Jamaica. 5/25/08
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Keynote Speaker, Annual Creative Writing Awards Ceremony, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, New York, NY, 5/7/08
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Visiting poet, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. 4/23/08
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Africana Studies Dept., New York University, New York, NY. 4/11/08
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Moderator, “Theorizing Blackness.” Annual African American Studies Group Conference, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY. 4/4/08
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Cornelia St. Cafe, New York, NY. 3/29/08
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National Black Writer’s Conference, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY. 3/29/08
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Holland & Knight Law Firm, 108 Broadway, New York, NY. 3/25/08
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College of St. Rose, Albany, NY. 3/13/08
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New York University, New York, NY. 3/7/08
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Adelphi University, 3/5/08
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Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY. 3/4/08
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English Dept. Graduate Center, CUNY. New York, NY. 2/15/08
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Moderator and Chair, “Don’t Call It A Comeback: Re-Birthing the Back Male Poet,” AWP, New York (2008)
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Panelist, “Town & Gown: Creative Writing Programs in the Urban University,” AWP, New York (2008)
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Respondent, “Afro/ Jazz/ Influence,” Talking Trash Conference, Annual English Student Association’s Graduate Student Conference, Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY. 2/29/08
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BookThug Press showcase. Bowery Poetry Club. 12/29/07
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Brownstone Books, 409 Lewis Ave., Brooklyn, NY. 12/6/07
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BCAT, Cable, Brooklyn, NY, 11/26/07
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WNYC, Channel 75, Brooklyn, NY, 11/21/07
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“Poets & Port.” Le Chanterelle Restaurant, 2 Harrison St., New York, NY. 11/18/07
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“The Invention of Farewell: A Poets House Celebration.” Poets House, 72 Spring St., NYC, 11/17/07
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Ear Inn, 326 Spring St., New York, NY. 11/3/07
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Visiting poet, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. 10/24/07
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Presenter, “An Extraordinary Resistance: Disguised Registers of Opposition in Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha,” conference paper, 17th Annual Writers Conference for Black Literature and Creative Writing, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, 10/18/07
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Presidential Lecture, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, 10/10/07
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Brooklyn Book Festival, Borough Hall, Brooklyn, 9/16/07
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Memorial for Phebus Etienne. Lillian Vernon Writer’s House, New York University. New York, NY. 9/14/07
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Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. 9/6/07
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CUNY Marathon Reading. CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY. 5/10 /07
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Asian American Writer’s Workshop, w/ Elizabeth Alexander, New York, NY, 3/8/07
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Lecture on Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance, Columbia University, Creative Writing Division, New York, NY. 2/1/07
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WBAI, 99.5 FM, New York, NY, 1/14/07
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WBAI, 99.5 FM, New York, NY, 5/7/06
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WCNY, 91.5 FM, Brooklyn, NY, 4/9/06
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Panelist, “Strategies for Getting Published,” discussion sponsored by Cave Canem; Poets House, 72 Spring St., New York, NY, 11/8/05
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WBAI, 99.5 FM, New York, NY, 9/11/05
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Presenter, “Code Switching in Contemporary Black Poetry,” conference paper, MELUS Conference, Chicago, 4/8-4/10-05
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Presenter, “Improvisation as an A-Rational Aesthetic”: conference paper, AWP, Vancouver (2005)
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WCNY, 91.5 FM, Brooklyn, NY, 3/31/04
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WKGC, 1480 AM, Panama City, FL, 1/04
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Reader, Thirty Years of Painted Bride Quarterly, AWP, Baltimore (2003)
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Presenter, “The Internet in Service of Composition,” conference paper, Eastern Communication Association Conference, New York (2002)
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Studio Museum in Harlem, w/ Harryette Mullen New York, NY, 10/26/02