Angel Nafis Explained

Angel Nafis
Birth Place:Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation:poet and spoken word artist
Language:English
Education:Hunter College (BA), Warren Wilson College (MFA candidate)
Genre:spoken word poetry
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Notable Works:BlackGirl Mansion
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Partner:Shira Erlichman
Awards:
  • Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation (2016)
  • NEA Creative Writing fellowship

Angel Nafis (born December 1988)[1] is an American poet and spoken word artist. She is the author of BlackGirl Mansion (Red Beard Press / New School Poetics, 2012).[2] She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Early life

Nafis grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan,[3] where she attended Huron High School.[4] She struggled through school, but graduated in 2006.[5] She was on the Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam Team in 2005 and 2006.

She was raised Muslim.[6] Her mother died when she was young, so she was raised by her father. Her father's family was from New York and Georgia.[7] Her mother's family was from Chicago and Mississippi.

Education

Nafis earned her BA at Hunter College, and is an MFA candidate in poetry at Warren Wilson College.[8]

Career

Nafis is a Cave Canem fellow, the recipient of a Millay Colony residency, and the founder and curator of the Greenlight Bookstore Poetry Salon's readings and writing workshops.[9]

With poet Morgan Parker, she runs The Other Black Girl Collective, a Black feminist poetry duo that tours internationally.

Her work has appeared in outlets including the BreakBeat Poets Anthology, Buzzfeed Reader, the Rumpus, Poetry, Found Magazine's Requiem for a Paper Bag, Decibels, The Rattling Wall, Union Station Magazine, The Bear River Review, MUZZLE Magazine, Prelude Mag, Sixth Finch, and Mosaic Magazine.[10] [11] [12] [13]

Personal life

Nafis lives in Brooklyn[14] with artist, writer, and musician Shira Erlichman, with whom she is in a relationship.[15] Together, they toured for the "Odes for You" tour.[16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

In June 2020, Nafis and hundreds of other poets signed an open letter to the Poetry Foundation asking for the immediate resignation of both president Henry Bienen and board of trustees chair Willard Bunn III, as well as other demands relating to the foundation's response to the murder of George Floyd.[21]

Awards and honors

Bibliography

Books

Selected list of published poems

TitleYearPublication/anthologyReprinted/collected
"Love on Flatbush Avenue"2018Black Girl Magic (The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2), Haymarket Books, 1st ed. 119.
"Ghazal for Becoming Your Own Country"2016Poetry Foundation[23] Black Girl Magic (The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2), Haymarket Books, 1st ed. 194.
"When I Realize I’m Wearing My Girlfriend’s Ex-Girlfriend’s Panties"brooklynpoets.org
"Woo Woo Roll Deep"2017BuzzFeed News[24]
"Angel Nafis"Poetry Foundation[25]
"Omen to Get Your Ass Up"2017them.us[26]
"Ode to Shea Butter"Prelude Mag[27]
"Ode to Lois"Prelude Mag
"Ode to Voicemail"2015Sixth Finch[28]
"Why R&B First Thing In The Morning, Why R&B Above All"2015The Rumpus[29]
"Angel's Heart Clowns the Ocean"Muzzle Magazine[30] Performed at the Bowery Poetry Club in 2011
"King of Kreations"2018poetry.org[31]
"Angel's Heart Reasons with Her Dad"Muzzle Magazine[32]
"I Know I’m Pretty Cuz The Boys Tell Me So"2007The Bear River Review[33]
"Directions to Finding You"2009Requiem For a Paper Bag Anthology
"Tarbaby Fly"2012The Rattling Wall
"Open"2012The Rattling Wall
"Ghazal for My Sister"2013Mosaic MagazineThe BreakBeat Poets Anthology (Haymarket Books, 2015)
"Betty Boop"2013Mosaic Magazine
"Legend"2015The BreakBeat Poets Anthology (Haymarket Books, 2015)
"Gravity"2015The BreakBeat Poets Anthology (Haymarket Books, 2015)
"Conspiracy"2015The BreakBeat Poets Anthology (Haymarket Books, 2015)

References

  1. Web site: 2018-10-23. "So if I am a tender writer... then my poems should be everything that I am." An interview with Angel Nafis. 2020-06-21. Catapult. en.
  2. Web site: 2020-06-21. Angel Nafis. 2020-06-21. Poetry Foundation. en.
  3. Web site: Storey. Kate. 2013-04-26. Tales from the 20s. 2020-06-23. New York Post. en-US.
  4. Web site: 2016-09-08. Huron graduate Angel Nafis wins national poetry fellowship. 2020-06-21. AAPS District News. en-US.
  5. Web site: Why I teach creative writing. 2020-06-21. AnnArbor.com.
  6. Web site: Dinnerview: Angel Nafis. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200926150910/https://entropymag.org/dinnerview-angel-nafis/. 2020-09-26. 2020-06-21. entropymag.org.
  7. Web site: 2016-03-30. The Conversation: Angel Nafis, Safia Elhillo, and Elizabeth Acevedo. 2020-06-21. The Rumpus.net. en.
  8. Web site: 2018-07-19. Angel Nafis. 2020-06-21. Brooklyn Poets.
  9. Web site: Young. Yolanda. These Queer Poets Expand on Black Life Through Their Work. 2020-06-21. The Root. 23 April 2019 . en-us.
  10. Web site: Angel Nafis – Heels on Wheels. 2020-06-21. en-US.
  11. Web site: People Angel Nafis The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. 2020-06-23. heymancenter.org. 2020-06-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20200623093526/http://heymancenter.org/people/angel-nafis/. dead.
  12. Web site: Ode to Lois. 2020-06-23. Prelude. en.
  13. Web site: Sixth Finch - Fall 2015 - Angel Nafis - ODE TO VOICEMAIL. 2020-06-23. sixthfinch.com.
  14. Web site: Coates. Tyler. 2016-09-27. 30 Under 30: Angel Nafis. 2020-06-21. Brooklyn Magazine. en-US.
  15. Web site: Coryna. Ogunseitan.
    1. relationshipgoals
    . 2020-06-21. yaledailynews.com. 3 March 2017. en.
  16. Web site: 2020-02-19. Eight Black LGBTQ Poets to Give Your Flowers To Right Now. 2020-06-26. Autostraddle. en-US.
  17. Web site: 2017-01-09. The Odes for You tour featuring Shira Erlichman & Angel Nafis. 2020-06-26. Women & Children First. en.
  18. Web site: Wisconsin Book Festival. 2020-06-26. Wisconsin Book Festival. en.
  19. Web site: Poetry at Literati: Angel Nafis and Shira Erlichman Literati Bookstore. 2020-06-26. www.literatibookstore.com. 5 January 2017.
  20. Web site: 2017-02-05. Odes for You Tour Co-Sponsored by Poetry Center of Chicago. 2020-06-26. The Chicago Poetry Center. en-US.
  21. Web site: Poets Call for Change at Poetry Foundation. 2020-06-26. www.publishersweekly.com.
  22. Web site: 2016 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship Winners Announced - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive. 2020-06-26. Windy City Times. September 2016.
  23. Web site: 2020-06-22. Ghazal for Becoming Your Own Country by Angel Nafis. 2020-06-23. Poetry Magazine. en.
  24. Web site: Poem: "Woo Woo Roll Deep". 2020-06-21. BuzzFeed News. 23 October 2017 . en.
  25. Web site: 2020-06-22. Angel Nafis by Angel Nafis. 2020-06-23. Poetry Magazine. en.
  26. Web site: Nafis. Angel. A Poem for Your Tired Queer Ass. 2020-06-23. them.. 24 December 2017. en-us.
  27. Web site: Ode to Shea Butter. 2020-06-23. Prelude. en.
  28. Web site: Sixth Finch - Fall 2015 - Angel Nafis - ODE TO VOICEMAIL. 2020-06-23. sixthfinch.com.
  29. Web site: 2015-05-01. National Poetry Month Day 31: "Why R&B First Thing In The Morning, Why R&B Above All" by Angel Nafis. 2020-06-23. The Rumpus.net. en.
  30. Web site: Angel Nafis1. 2020-06-23. Muzzle Magazin. en.
  31. Web site: King of Kreations by Angel Nafis. Academy of American Poets. 2020-06-23. poets.org.
  32. Web site: Angel Nafis2. 2020-06-23. Muzzle Magazine. en.
  33. Web site: Publications / Press. 2020-06-23. Angel Nafis. en. 2020-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20200626051828/https://www.angelnafis.com/work. dead.

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