Simone White (born 1972) is an American poet,

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, and assistant professor at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

. In 2017, she won a

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for poetry. Much of her writing style is a hybrid between poetry and prose.

Biography

White was born in

Middletown, Connecticut Middletown is a city in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Located along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles (25.749504 km) south of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. Middletown is the largest city in the L ...

, and grew up in Philadelphia. She has a BA from

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the Methodi ...

and earned a JD from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

in 1997. She practiced law for seven years after graduation. Since then, she has also earned an MFA from

The New School The New School is a Private university, private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for p ...

and a PhD in English from the

Graduate Center of the City University of New York The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City. Formed in 1961 as Division of Graduate Studies at City University ...

. She was a visiting associate professor at the

University of Iowa Writers' Workshop The Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa, is a graduate-level creative writing program. At 89 years, it is the oldest writing program offering a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in the United States. Its acceptance rate is between 2. ...

in Spring 2018. As of 2020, she is an assistant professor in the English department at the University of Pennsylvania.

Honors and awards

White was award a Whiting Award for Poetry in 2017. She was selected as a "New American Poet" by the Poetry Society of America in 2013.

Bibliography

Poetry

*''Dear Angel of Death'', Ugly Duckling Presse, 2018 *''Of Being Dispersed'', Futurepoem Books, 2016 *''House of Envy of All the World'', 2010 *''Unrest'', Ugly Duckling Presse, 2013 (chapbook) *''Dolly'' (with illustrations by Kim Thomas), Q Ave Press, 2008

Articles

Vince Staples by Simone White
''Bomb Magazine''

References

External links

WebsitePoetry Foundation profile
1972 births Living people 20th-century African-American writers 21st-century African-American writers University of Pennsylvania faculty Harvard Law School alumni The New School alumni CUNY Graduate Center alumni African-American poets People from Middletown, Connecticut Wesleyan University alumni {{US-poet-1970s-stub