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Aricka Foreman

Aricka Foreman is an American poet, essayist, and digital curator.[1]

Personal life

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Foreman is from Detroit, Michigan but currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.[1]

Career

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Aside from writing and curating art, Foreman serves on the board of directors for The Offing.[1]

Awards and honors

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Literary awards

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Foreman's Salt Body Shimmer received the following accolades:

Fellowship

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Foreman has received the following fellowships:

  • Cave Canem Fellowship (2008, 2010, 2012, 2020)[6]
  • Callaloo[1]
  • Millay Colony[7]

Publications

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Books

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  • Dream with a Glass Chamber (YesYes Books, 2016)
  • Salt Body Shimmer (YesYes Books, 2020)

Digital curation

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As artist

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  • “Queer as Verb: 7 Trans & Non-Binary Artists Doing the Work” (2015)[8]
  • "Except, All of Us" with Mimi Wong (2016)[9]
  • “I Slay: 11 Women Artists & Writers To Get Us Into Formation” (2016)[10]
  • “Courage in the Chasm" (2016)[11]
  • "Marginalized and Mythological: Shanequa Gay's Disruption of the Pastoral Landscape" (2018)[12]

As editor

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Essays

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  • "Why Spotlight Minority Mental Health?" in The Offering (2015)
  • "Let Me Get Carefree Unless It Means I Live In This Political Body And Everything Is Always On Fire Or How I Went To A Santigold Concert To Get Carefree Anyway" on Vinyl Poetry and Prose (2016)[18]
  • "In Defense of Fast Girls Who Just Want to Dance" in Catapult (2018)[19]

Select poems

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  • "Dig" in Vinyl Poetry and Prose (2011)[20]
  • "Like the Rain, Smell It Coming" in Vinyl Poetry and Prose (2011)[21]
  • "Made Mostly of Water" in Vinyl Poetry and Prose (2011)[22]
  • "Monologues in Bars By White People With Good Intentions" in The James Franco Review (2015)[23]
  • "I Got Mad Love" in The James Franco Review (2015)[23]
  • "Consent Is A Labyrinth of Yes" in The James Franco Review (2015)[23]
  • "go here nothing to see home" in Thrush Poetry Journal (2015)[24]
  • "When We Say We Want Tenderness We Haven't Found A Punishment We Can Live With" in The Collagist (2016)[25]
  • "Still Life of Acme in Spring" in The Collagist (2016)[26]
  • "Field Study #1" in The Shade Journal (2016)[27]
  • “When The Therapist Asks You To Recount, You Have to Say It” on Buzzfeed (2017)[28] and in Furious flower: seeding the future of African American poetry (2020)[29]
  • "Menarche Malarkey the Beginning the End," published in Verse (2020)[30]
  • "Does It Matter Who Is Your Redeemer," published in Verse (2020)[30]
  • "Mary Woodson Sets the Grits Straight," published in Verse (2020)[30]
  • "Breakbeat Aubade with Anemones and Lucky Fish," published in Verse (2020)[30]
  • “Polycystic Study of Intimacy” on Academy of American Poets' poets.org (2020)[31]
  • “Republic Americana” in Pinwheel Journal[32]
  • “Master of Your Make-Believe” in Pinwheel Journal[32]
  • "we live best/ in the spaces between two loves" in Anomaly[33]
  • "Breakbeat Aubade with Anemones and Lucky Fish" in Anomaly[33]
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "About | Contact". Aricka Foreman. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  2. ^ Gentes, Brian (2021-06-02). "2021 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  3. ^ "Firecracker Awards Winners Archive". Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  4. ^ Madera, John (2021-02-25). "Announcing the Finalists for the 2020 Big Other Book Award for Poetry!". BIG OTHER. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  5. ^ Madera, John (2021-03-02). "Announcing the Finalists for the 2020 Big Other Readers' Choice Award!". BIG OTHER. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  6. ^ "Blog Archive » Foreman , Aricka". Cave Canem. Archived from the original on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  7. ^ "Millay Colony Residents Read". Cave Canem. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  8. ^ Foreman, Aricka (2015-11-25). "Queer As Verb". The Offing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  9. ^ Foreman, Aricka; Wong, Mimi (2016-02-02). "Except, All Of Us". The Offing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  10. ^ Foreman, Aricka (2016-03-29). "I Slay: 11 Women Artists & Writers To Get Us Into Formation". The Offing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  11. ^ Foreman, Aricka (2016-01-19). "Courage in the Chasm". The Offing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  12. ^ Gay, Shanequa (2018-02-02). "Marginalized and Mythological". The Offing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  13. ^ Brandon Tauszik (2015-08-18). "Tapered Throne/Bald Fade". The Offing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  14. ^ Jane, E. (2015-07-21). "The Coded Body". The Offing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  15. ^ Fegan, Angela Davis (2015-10-27). "Lavender Menace". The Offing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  16. ^ Greenidge, Kaitlyn (2016-03-01). "Four Tales for Dry Land". The Offing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  17. ^ Franklin, Krista (2016-04-08). "History, As Written by the Victors". The Offing. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  18. ^ Foreman, Aricka (2016-08-17). "Let Me Get Carefree Unless It Means I Live In This Political Body And Everything Is Always On Fire Or How I Went To A Santigold Concert To Get Carefree Anyway". Vinyl Poetry and Prose. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  19. ^ Foreman, Aricka (2018-05-25). "In Defense of Fast Girls Who Just Want to Dance". Catapult. Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  20. ^ Foreman, Aricka (May 2011). "Dig". Vinyl Poetry and Prose. 3: 32.
  21. ^ Foreman, Aricka (May 2011). "Like the Rain, Smell It Coming". Vinyl Poetry and Prose. 3: 31.
  22. ^ Foreman, Aricka (May 2011). "Made Mostly of Water". Vinyl Poetry and Prose. 3: 33. Archived from the original on 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  23. ^ a b c "Poetry by Arika Foreman". The James Franco Review (5). 2015-11-30. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  24. ^ Foreman, Aricka (September 2015). "go here nothing to see home". Thrush Poetry Journal. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  25. ^ Foreman, Aricka (2016-08-08). "When We Say We Want Tenderness We Haven't Found A Punishment We Can Live With". The Collagist. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  26. ^ Foreman, Aricka (2016-08-08). "Still Life of Acme in Spring". The Collagist. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  27. ^ Foreman, Aricka (2016-09-28). "Field Study #1". The Shade Journal (1). Shade Literary Arts. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  28. ^ Foreman, Aricka (January 20, 2017). "Poem: "When The Therapist Asks You To Recount, You Have To Say It"". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  29. ^ Gabbin, Joanne V.; Alleyne, Lauren K., eds. (2020). Furious flower : seeding the future of African American poetry. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press. ISBN 978-0-8101-4154-4. OCLC 1104924376. Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  30. ^ a b c d "Salt Body Shimmer". verse.press. Archived from the original on 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  31. ^ Foreman, Aricka (2020-11-20). "Polycystic Study of Intimacy". Academy of American Poets. Archived from the original on 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  32. ^ a b Foreman, Aricka. "Two Poems". Pinwheel. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  33. ^ a b Foreman, Aricka. "we live best/ in the spaces between two loves". ANMLY. 26. Archived from the original on 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
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