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

Personal life

Foreman is from

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, Michigan but currently lives in

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, Illinois.

Career

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

Awards and honors

Literary awards

Foreman's ''Salt Body Shimmer'' received the following accolades: *

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in Bisexual Poetry winner (2021) * CLMP Firecracker Award in Poetry finalist (2021) * ''Big Other'' Book Award in Poetry finalist (2020) * ''Big Other'' Reader's Choice Award finalist (2020)

Fellowship

Foreman has received the following fellowships: * Cave Canem Fellowship (2008, 2010, 2012, 2020) * Callaloo * Millay Colony

Publications

Books

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

Digital curation

As artist

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

As editor

* Brandon Tauzsik, Nate Marshall, Quincy T. Mills's "Tapered Throne/Bald Fade" (2015) * E. Jane's “The Coded Body” (2015) * Angela Davis Fegan's “Lavender Menace: Feminist Fury and Visibility in Public Space” (2015) *

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and

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's “Four Tales for Dry Land” (2016) *

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's “History, As Written By The Victors” (2016)

Essays

* "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) * "In Defense of Fast Girls Who Just Want to Dance" in ''Catapult'' (2018)

Select poems

* "Dig" in ''Vinyl Poetry and Prose'' (2011) * "Like the Rain, Smell It Coming" in ''Vinyl Poetry and Prose'' (2011) * "Made Mostly of Water" in ''Vinyl Poetry and Prose'' (2011) * "Monologues in Bars By White People With Good Intentions" in ''The James Franco Review'' (2015) * "I Got Mad Love" in ''The James Franco Review'' (2015) * "Consent Is A Labyrinth of Yes" in ''The James Franco Review'' (2015) * "go here nothing to see home" in ''Thrush Poetry Journal'' (2015) * "When We Say We Want Tenderness We Haven't Found A Punishment We Can Live With" in ''

The Collagist ''The Rupture'' (formerly named ''The Collagist'') is a literary journal founded in 2009 by American author Matt Bell. The first issue appeared in August 2009. It was renamed ''The Rupture'' in 2019. It is one of the longest running online lite ...

'' (2016) * "Still Life of Acme in Spring" in ''

'' (2016) * "Field Study #1" in ''The Shade Journal'' (2016) * “When The Therapist Asks You To Recount, You Have to Say It” on

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(2017) and in ''Furious flower: seeding the future of African American poetry'' (2020) * "Menarche Malarkey the Beginning the End," published in ''Verse'' (2020) * "Does It Matter Who Is Your Redeemer," published in ''Verse'' (2020) * "Mary Woodson Sets the Grits Straight," published in ''Verse'' (2020) * "Breakbeat Aubade with Anemones and Lucky Fish," published in ''Verse'' (2020) * “Polycystic Study of Intimacy” on

Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outrea ...

' poets.org (2020) * “Republic Americana” in ''Pinwheel Journal'' * “Master of Your Make-Believe” in ''Pinwheel Journal'' * "we live best/ in the spaces between two loves" in ''Anomaly'' * "Breakbeat Aubade with Anemones and Lucky Fish" in ''Anomaly''

External links

Official website

Aricka Foreman's Instagram

Aricka Foreman's Twitter

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foreman, Aricka Living people Writers from Detroit Lambda Literary Award winners Writers from Chicago Year of birth missing (living people)