Aurielle Marie Explained

Aurielle Marie (born 1994)^[1] is an American poet and activist. Their debut collection Gumbo Ya Ya received the 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry.

Early life

Marie was born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised on the southwest side of the city. Growing up, they were active in Black-oriented youth organizations that nurtured creativity. As a result, they began writing poetry in their childhood.^[2]

Career

Marie has worked with Atlanta-based organizations focused on civil rights and other social justice issues.^[3] They first became involved with community organizing after the killing of Michael Brown and the Ferguson uprising that followed. Marie was an organizer with the grassroots organization It's Bigger Than You.^[4]

Marie said their poetry focuses on "my sexuality, my body, my trauma, and the world I live in." Marie has published poetry in outlets including The Rumpus, BOATT, Poets.org, The Adroit Journal, Poetry Daily, and TriQuarterly Press.^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

They won the 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for their debut collection Gumbo Ya Ya. The collection was published by University of Pittsburgh Press and released in fall 2021.^[10] Poets & Writers described the collection as "a swirl of texts and voices, with visually inventive typography and poems, some featuring words cascading down the page, layered on top of one another, or pushing beyond the margins. The book subverts and refuses form."

Personal life

Marie is genderqueer and uses they/she pronouns.^[11]

Works

• Book: Marie, Aurielle. Gumbo Ya Ya. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2021. 9780822988380.

Accolades

• 2018 – Lambda Literary Writer Retreat fellow^[12]
• 2019 – Los Angeles Review Literary Award for Poetry (for "The Blues, Reproductive")^[13]
• 2019–2020 – Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest^[14]
• 2020 – Cave Canem Poetry Prize (for Gumbo Ya Ya)
• 2021 – Furious Flower Poetry Prize^[15]
• 2022 – Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry (for Gumbo Ya Ya)^{[16] [17]}
• 2022 – Georgia Author of the Year Award, Poetry Full-Length Book (for Gumbo Ya Ya)^[18]
• 2022 – Out100^[19]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. YesAurielle . Aurielle Marie . It's my birthday. I'm 25. It's been a wild year. . 1206487987510493189 . https://twitter.com/YesAurielle/status/1206487987510493189 . 16 December 2019 . 18 November 2022.
2. Web site: Stories. Local. May 14, 2019. Life and Work with Aurielle Marie – Voyage ATL Magazine ATL City Guide. 2021-10-09. voyageatl.com. en-US.
3. Web site: Boone. Christian. January 14, 2016. Not your granddaddy's civil rights activists. 2021-10-09. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. English.
4. Web site: Bagby. Dyana. January 20, 2015. Rustin/Lorde Breakfast brings power to the people of LGBT Atlanta. 2021-10-09. Georgia Voice – Gay & LGBT Atlanta News. en-US.
5. Web site: April 12, 2021 . National Poetry Month Day 12: Aurielle Marie . 2021-10-09 . The Rumpus.net . en.
6. Web site: August 18, 2021 . Literary MagNet: Aurielle Marie . 2021-10-09 . Poets & Writers . en.
7. Web site: Poets . Academy of American . October 7, 2020 . pantoum for aiyana & not a single hashtag by Aurielle Marie – Poems Academy of American Poets . 2021-10-09 . poets.org.
8. Web site: Issue Twenty-Six: Aurielle Marie The Adroit Journal . 2021-10-09 . The Adroit Journal . October 23, 2018 . en-US.
9. Web site: "no name in the street" by Aurielle Marie . 2021-10-10 . Poetry Daily . en-US.
10. Web site: Aurielle Marie Wins 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize . 2021-10-09 . Cave Cane . en.
11. Web site: July 10, 2024 . The Frost Place Poet in Residence Reading: Aurielle Marie . Dartmouth College Department of English and Creative Writing.
12. Web site: Aurielle Marie. 2021-10-09. Lambda Literary. en.
13. Web site: January 24, 2020. the blues, reproductive by Aurielle Marie. 2021-10-09. The Los Angeles Review.
14. Winter 2019–2020. Emerging Writer's Contest Winner: Poetry . Ploughshares. 45. 221–226. 10.1353/plo.2020.0004 . 26854710 . 242888921 . JSTOR . 4 .
15. Web site: Furious Flower Poetry Prizes. 2021-10-09. jmu.edu. en.
16. Web site: Current Finalists . 2022-03-16 . Lambda Literary . en . June 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613042400/https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ . dead .
17. Web site: Lambda Literary Award 2022 winners announced . 2022-06-13 . Bay Area Reporter . en.
18. Web site: 2022 Winners & Finalists . 2022-06-13 . Georgia Author of the Year Awards . en-US.
19. Web site: 2022-10-26 . Out100 2022: LGBTQ+ Literary and Publishing Stars . 2022-12-01 . www.out.com . en.