Memphis, TN
Fiction with Sheree Renée Thomas
I am a writer and scientist from Memphis, TN. I’m a Master of Fine Arts scholar in poetry at Brown University. I have a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a M.A. in African American Studies from Georgia State University and obtained a B.A. in Political Science from Morehouse College. I’m the co-founder of the New England Hoodoo Society. I am the current Radical Reversal Poet in Residence at the Suffolk County House of Corrections in Boston, Massachusetts. I am the winner of the Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize from Backbone Press, a past winner of the Clark Atlanta University Poetry Prize and I have received fellowships from Brown University, Harvard University, Northwestern University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Illinois at Chicago, the National Institutes of Health, Breadloaf, Lambda Literary, Tin House, the Writers’ Studio, Martha Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, Grubstreet, Obsidian Foundation United Kingdom, the City of Boston, the Linda Hall Library, Massachusetts Cultural Council, the New England Poetry Club, the Palm Beach Literary Festival, the Hudson Valley Writers Center, the Poets and Scholars Summer Writing Retreat at Rutgers University, and the Watering Hole, and elsewhere. My work has received both Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations and concerns itself with grief, longing, masculinity, violence, and connection. My work can be found in Obsidian. African Voices Magazine, and elsewhere. I can be found online at my personal website: literaryhoodoo.com. I believe the real work of writing is living well.
Soy un escritor y científico de Memphis, TN. Soy estudiante de Master of Fine Arts en poesía en la universidad de Brown. Tengo un Ph.D. en Sociología Médica de la universidad de Alabama en Birmingham, un M.A. en estudios Afroamericanos de Georgia State University y cursé una licenciatura en Ciencias Políticas en Morehouse College. Soy el co-fundador del New England Hoodoo Society. Actualmente soy el Radical Reversal Poet in Residence en la Suffolk County House of Corrections en Boston, Massachusetts. Soy el ganador del Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize de Backbone Press, ganador previo del Clark Atlanta University Poetry Prize y he recibido becas por parte de la universidad de Brown, Harvard, Northwestern, Alabama en Birmingham, Illinois en Chicago, el National Institute of Health, Breadloaf, Lambda Literary, Tin House, the Writers’ Studio, Martha Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, Grubstreet, Obsidian Foundation United Kingdom, la Ciudad de Boston, la Linda Hall Library, Massachusetts Cultural Council, el New England Poetry Club, el Palm Beach Literary Festival, el Hudson Valley Writers Center, el Poets and Scholars Summer Writing Retreat en la universidad de Rutgers, el Watering Hole, entre otros. Mi trabajo ha recibido tanto el Pushcart Prize como nominaciones para Best of the Net y concierne el duelo, la añoranza, la masculinidad, la violencia y la conexión. Mi trabajo se puede encontrar en Obsidian. African Voices Magazine, entre otros. Me pueden encontrar online en mi sitio web personal: literaryhoodoo.com. Creo que el verdadero trabajo de la escritura es vivir bien.