by George J. Dance
Evie Shockley (born 1965) is an African-American poet.[1]
Evie Shockley. Courtesy American Poems.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Shockley was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee.[1]
She earned a B.A. from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in African-American literature from Duke University.[1]
Career[]
Shockley is an assistant professor of English at Rutgers University.[2]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Gorgon Goddess. Durham, NC: Carolina Wren Press, 2001.
- A Half-Red Sea. Durham, NC: Carolina Wren Press, 2006.
- 31 words: Prose poems. Brooklyn, NY: Belladonna Books, 2007.
- The New Black. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2011.
Non-fiction[]
- Renegade Poetics: Black aesthetics and formal innovation in African American poetry. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2011.
Evie Shockley reads "how long has this jayne been gone?" at Squaw Valley Benefit Reading 2013
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat..[3]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Evie Shockley," Academy of American Poets, Poets.org, Web, Feb. 5, 2012.
- ↑ Featured Poet: Evie Shockley, Poetry Daily, Apr. 7, 2011, Poems.com, Web, Feb. 5, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Evie Shockley, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Nov. 24, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "a background in music" at The Sunday Poem.
- Evie Shockley 2 poems at American Poems
- 2 poems from Evie Shockley at Lemon Hound.
- Evie Shockley profile & 3 poems at the Academy of American Poets.
- Evie Shockley at the Poetry Foundation
- Evie Shockley at PoemHunter (20 poems)
- Prose
- Books
- About
- Evie Shockley Official Website, The Red Room.
- Review of 'a half-red sea' at the Poetry Foundation.
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