Tiana Clark Explained

Tiana Clark is an American poet. Clark is the author of Equilibrium and I Can't Talk About The Trees Without The Blood. Her work has been recognized with a Rattle Poetry Prize and a Pushcart Prize.

Biography

Clark received her B.A in Africana and Women’s Studies at TSU, then graduated from Vanderbilt University's M.F.A. program. She worked as the editor for the Nashville Review while at the university.^{[1] [2]}

The chapbook Equilibrium was published by Bull City Press after the manuscript won the 2016 Frost Place Chapbook Competition.^[3] The book draws on religious themes and language to explore being both Black and a woman.^{[4] [5]} I Can't Talk About The Trees Without The Blood, Clark's first full length collection, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2018.^[6]

Clark's poem "The Ayes Have It", a response to the killing of Trayvon Martin was adapted into a short film by Savanah Leaf.^[7] Her poem "BBHMM" won a 2019 Pushcart Prize.^[8]

Recognition

• 2015 Rattle Poetry Prize
• 2016 Afaa Michael Weaver Award for Frost Place Chapbook Competition for Equilibrium^{[9] [10]}
• 2016 Academy of American Poets University Prize^[11]
• 2017 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize^[12]
• 2017 Furious Flower's Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Poetry Prize^[13]
• 2017-2018 Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellowship at the Wisconsin Institute of Creative Writing^[14]
• 2019 Pushcart Prize^[15]
• 2020 Kate Tufts Discovery Award^[16]

Works

• Equilibrium: Poems Bull City Press, 2016. ISBN 9781495157646
• I Can't Talk About the Trees Without the Blood, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018. ISBN 9780822965589

Notes and References

1. News: Vanderbilt MFA student wins top poetry prize. Vanderbilt University. 2018-07-31. en.
2. News: Be brave, be reckless, stay weird: An interview with poet Tiana Clark. The Porch. 2018-08-22. en-US.
3. Web site: Confession, Communion: Three Poetry Chapbooks & Religion. blog.pshares.org. en-US. 2018-08-22.
4. Web site: West Branch Wired. www.bucknell.edu. en. 2018-08-22.
5. News: Book Review: Equilibrium by Tiana Clark - The Los Angeles Review. 2017-01-24. The Los Angeles Review. 2018-08-22. en-US.
6. News: National Poetry Month Day 17: Tiana Clark. 2018-04-17. The Rumpus.net. 2018-08-22. en-US.
7. News: Film, poetry and politics collide at FilmBar in downtown Phoenix. The Arizona State Press. Jacob. Benevento . 2018-09-11. 2018-09-12.
8. Book: 2019 Pushcart prize XLIII: best of the small presses. 2019-04-16. Worldcat. 1062364412.
9. News: Conversations with Contributors: Tiana Clark (Issue Fourteen, Poetry). The Adroit Journal. 2018-08-22. en-US.
10. News: 2016 Frost Place Chapbook Fellow Tiana Clark. 2016-03-28. The Frost Place. 2018-08-22. en-US.
11. News: Southern Festival of Books Preview, Part II: What Really Inspires Nashville Authors Alice Randall, Tiana Clark, and Sarah Hays Coomer. 2016-10-12. musing. 2018-08-22. en-US.
12. Web site: Tiana Clark, MFA '17, wins Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize. Vanderbilt University. 2018-02-21. 2019-04-17.
13. News: Virtue Signaling, Wisconsin by Tiana Clark - The Los Angeles Review. 2018-04-30. The Los Angeles Review. 2018-08-22. en-US.
14. News: Dinnerview: Tiana Clark. ENTROPY. 2018-08-22. en-US.
15. Book: Clark, Tiana. I Can't Talk About The Trees Without The Blood. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2018. 978-0-8229-6558-9. United States of America.
16. Web site: 2020 Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Award Winners . Claremont Graduate University . 28 May 2020.