Shayla Lawson Explained

Shayla Lawson is an American poet and writer, currently the writer in residence at Amherst College.

Shayla Lawson
Birth Place:Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation:Writer in Residence, Amherst College
Genre:Poetry, Essay
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Notableworks: I Think I'm Ready to See Frank Ocean
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Awards:Honorable Mention, 2017 Cave Canem Poetry Prize

Biography

Lawson grew up in Kentucky and entered the slam poetry scene there[1] before majoring in Architecture at the University of Kentucky, where they gave the 2005 Breathitt Lecture, "My Ancestor Antenna: Hair and Its Relation to African-American Identity Across the Diaspora."[2] After graduating, Lawson worked as an architect for some time before pursuing their MFA at Indiana University, where they worked as the nonfiction editor of the Indiana Review and for the Graduate Mentoring Center.[3] [4] Lawson published their debut collection, A Speed Education in Human Being, in 2013,[5] the chapbook Pantone, of which each poem was printed on its own card, in 2016,[6] and the book I Think I'm Ready to See Frank Ocean in 2018.[7] They received the 2017 Oregon Literary Fellowship[8] and Honorable Mention in the 2017 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.[9] Lawson succeeded Daniel Hall as the poet in residence at Amherst College beginning in the 2018-19 academic year.[10]

In 2021, Shayla Lawson appeared on Storybound (podcast) reading two excerpts from their book This Is Major, with music by MAITA.[11]

Awards and honors

Publications

Notes and References

  1. News: Poets at Pickathon? We're In.. Portland Monthly. 2018-11-28.
  2. Web site: Past Breathitt Lectures The Gaines Center. www.uky.edu. 2019-03-20.
  3. Web site: Summer 2015 Volume 37, Number 1. 2015-06-03. Indiana Review. en-US. 2019-03-20.
  4. Web site: Staff: Who We Are: Welcome: The Graduate Mentoring Center: Indiana University Bloomington. The Graduate Mentoring Center. en-US. 2019-03-20.
  5. Book: Lawson, Shayla. A Speed Education in Human Being. 2013-09-01. Sawyer House. 9780982156032. en.
  6. Web site: The Significance of Color: On Shayla Lawson's Pantone. Darling. Kristina Marie. 2016-12-30. Tupelo Quarterly. en-US. 2019-03-20.
  7. Web site: Fiction Book Review: I Think I'm Ready To See Frank Ocean by Shayla Lawson. Saturnalia, $16 trade paper (120p) ISBN 978-0-9899797-8-8. PublishersWeekly.com. en. 2019-03-20.
  8. Web site: Oregon Literary Fellowship Recipient: Shayla Lawson. 2017-02-07. Literary Arts. en-US. 2019-03-20.
  9. Web site: Cave Canem ยป Blog Archive Cave Canem Poetry Prize Reading: Julian Randall. en. 2019-03-20.
  10. Web site: Creative Writing Center Faculty & Staff Amherst College. www.amherst.edu. 2019-03-20.
  11. Web site: 2021-02-09. Shayla Lawson Performs Her Essay "Black Lives Matter, Yard Signs Matter". 2021-12-21. Literary Hub. en-US.
  12. Web site: 2021-01-25. Announcing the Finalists for the 2020 NBCC Awards. 2021-01-26. National Book Critics Circle. en-US.

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