selected publications book The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante Dream Arkive being dreamity, algoriddims, chants & riffs 2025 The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante Dream Arkive: being dreamity, algoriddims, chants & riffs 2025 The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim; (Note: The Marvellous Equations of the Dread was published in the U.K. in 2016 by Peepal Tree Press. The 2017 contract with New Directions is for publication of a U.S. edition of the book) 2018 The Marvellous Equations of the Dread: A Novel in Bass Riddim 2016 Notes from a Writer's Book of Cures and Spells 2005 Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom 1999 Madam Fate 1999 conference proceeding Diaspora and Poesis (panel discussion and reading) 2022 Eco-poetry reading/Jamaican Nature and Environment 2022 I Say All This to Say That: Where Words Come From (essay/presentation) 2022 University of Leeds, School of English- author reading and panel discussion 2017 University of Leeds, School of English- reading and panel discussion 2017 University of Leeds, School of English- visiting author reading and panel discussion 2017 British Library/ "Writing the Rhythm"- reading and panel discussion 2017 "Stories Crossing Borders"-- reading and panel discussion/interview 2017 Moderated two panels: 1. "Migrations" and 2. "Narratives of the Self" 2017 journal article Forward to "The 2019 VIDA Count" (approx. 800 words) 2020 "At the Crossroads Where Jamaica's History and Fictions Meet" Literary Hub/ essay (this is a reprint of the Blank Forms, "Word and Sound: Tracing Bass Stories") 2019 "Word and Sound: Tracing Bass Stories" Blank Forms Journal, Vol. 4: Intelligent Life 2019 Chronicling Puerto Rico: Loretta Collins Klobah's Ricantations. World Literature Today. 2019
education and training Ph.D., SUNY at Binghamton 1997 M.F.A., Ohio State University 1993 B.A., Oakwood College 1990
awards and honors Distinguished Professorship, conferred by University of Colorado President, 2025 Whiting Writers' Award, conferred by Whiting Foundation, 2023 BFA Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work, conferred by Boulder Faculty Assembly, 2022 Creative Capital Award, conferred by Creative Capital, 2020
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