Angel Nafis

Angel Nafis (born December 1988)[1] is an American poet and spoken word artist. She is the author of BlackGirl Mansion (Red Beard Press / New School Poetics, 2012).[2] She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Angel Nafis in 2014

Early life

Nafis grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan,[3] where she attended Huron High School.[4] She struggled through school, but graduated in 2006.[5][4] She was on the Ann Arbor Youth Poetry Slam Team in 2005 and 2006.[4]

She was raised Muslim.[6] Her mother died when she was young, so she was raised by her father.[5] Her father's family was from New York and Georgia.[7] Her mother's family was from Chicago and Mississippi.[7]

Education

Nafis earned her BA at Hunter College, and is an MFA candidate in poetry at Warren Wilson College.[2][8]

Career
Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn

Nafis is a Cave Canem fellow, the recipient of a Millay Colony residency, and the founder and curator of the Greenlight Bookstore Poetry Salon's readings and writing workshops.[2][9]

With poet Morgan Parker, she runs The Other Black Girl Collective, a Black feminist poetry duo that tours internationally.[2][8]

Her work has appeared in outlets including the BreakBeat Poets Anthology, Buzzfeed Reader, the Rumpus, Poetry, FOUND Magazine’s Requiem for a Paper Bag, Decibels, The Rattling Wall, Union Station Magazine, The Bear River Review, MUZZLE Magazine, Prelude Mag, Sixth Finch, and Mosaic Magazine.[8][10][11][12][13]

Personal life

Nafis lives in Brooklyn[14] with artist, writer, and musician Shira Erlichman, with whom she is in a relationship.[2][15] Together, they toured for the ODES FOR YOU tour.[16][17][18][19][20]

In June 2020, Nafis and hundreds of other poets signed an open letter to the Poetry Foundation asking for the immediate resignation of both president Henry Bienen and board of trustees chair Willard Bunn III, as well as other demands relating to the foundation's response to the killing of George Floyd.[21]

Awards and honors

Bibliography

Books
  • BlackGirl Mansion (Red Beard Press/ New School Poetics, 2012).[2]

Selected list of published poems
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Title Year Publication/anthology Reprinted/collected
"Love on Flatbush Avenue" 2018 Black Girl Magic (The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2), Haymarket Books, 1st ed. 119.
"Ghazal for Becoming Your Own Country" 2016 Poetry Foundation[23] Black Girl Magic (The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2), Haymarket Books, 1st ed. 194.
"When I Realize I’m Wearing My Girlfriend’s Ex-Girlfriend’s Panties" brooklynpoets.org[8]
"Woo Woo Roll Deep" 2017 BuzzFeed News[24]
"Angel Nafis" Poetry Foundation[25]
"Omen to Get Your Ass Up" 2017 them.us[26]
"Ode to Shea Butter" Prelude Mag[27]
"Ode to Lois" Prelude Mag[12]
"Ode to Voicemail" 2015 Sixth Finch[28]
"Why R&B First Thing In The Morning, Why R&B Above All" 2015 The Rumpus[29]
"Angel's Heart Clowns the Ocean" MUZZLE Magazine[30] Performed at the Bowery Poetry Club in 2011
"King of Kreations" 2018 poetry.org[31]
"Angel's Heart Reasons with Her Dad" MUZZLE Magazine[32]
"I Know I’m Pretty Cuz The Boys Tell Me So" 2007 The Bear River Review[33]
"Directions to Finding You" 2009 Requiem For a Paper Bag Anthology[33]
"Tarbaby Fly" 2012 The Rattling Wall[33]
"Open" 2012 The Rattling Wall[33]
"Ghazal for My Sister" 2013 Mosaic Magazine[33] The BreakBeat Poets Anthology (Haymarket Books, 2015)[33]
"Betty Boop" 2013 Mosaic Magazine[33]
"Legend" 2015 The BreakBeat Poets Anthology (Haymarket Books, 2015)[33]
"Gravity" 2015 The BreakBeat Poets Anthology (Haymarket Books, 2015)[33]
"Conspiracy" 2015 The BreakBeat Poets Anthology (Haymarket Books, 2015)[33]


References
  1. ""So if I am a tender writer... then my poems should be everything that I am." An interview with Angel Nafis". Catapult. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  2. Foundation, Poetry (2020-06-21). "Angel Nafis". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  3. Storey, Kate (2013-04-26). "Tales from the 20s". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  4. Editor, AAPS News (2016-09-08). "Huron graduate Angel Nafis wins national poetry fellowship". AAPS District News. Retrieved 2020-06-21.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. "Why I teach creative writing". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  6. "Dinnerview: Angel Nafis". entropymag.org. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  7. "The Conversation: Angel Nafis, Safia Elhillo, and Elizabeth Acevedo". The Rumpus.net. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  8. "Angel Nafis". Brooklyn Poets. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  9. Young, Yolanda. "These Queer Poets Expand on Black Life Through Their Work". The Root. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  10. "Angel Nafis – Heels on Wheels". Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  11. "People | Angel Nafis | The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University". heymancenter.org. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  12. "Ode to Lois". Prelude. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  13. "Sixth Finch - Fall 2015 - Angel Nafis - ODE TO VOICEMAIL". sixthfinch.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  14. Coates, Tyler (2016-09-27). "30 Under 30: Angel Nafis". Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  15. am, Coryna Ogunseitan 1:48; Mar 03; 2017. "#relationshipgoals". yaledailynews.com. Retrieved 2020-06-21.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. "Eight Black LGBTQ Poets to Give Your Flowers To Right Now". Autostraddle. 2020-02-19. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  17. "The Odes for You tour featuring Shira Erlichman & Angel Nafis". Women & Children First. 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  18. "Wisconsin Book Festival". Wisconsin Book Festival. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  19. "Poetry at Literati: Angel Nafis and Shira Erlichman | Literati Bookstore". www.literatibookstore.com. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  20. "Odes for You Tour Co-Sponsored by Poetry Center of Chicago". The Chicago Poetry Center. 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  21. www.publishersweekly.com https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/83534-poets-call-for-change-at-poetry-foundation.html. Retrieved 2020-06-26. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. "2016 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship Winners Announced - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive". Windy City Times. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  23. Foundation, Poetry (2020-06-22). "Ghazal for Becoming Your Own Country by Angel Nafis". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  24. "Poem: "Woo Woo Roll Deep"". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  25. Foundation, Poetry (2020-06-22). "Angel Nafis by Angel Nafis". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  26. Nafis, Angel. "A Poem for Your Tired Queer Ass". them. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  27. "Ode to Shea Butter". Prelude. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  28. "Sixth Finch - Fall 2015 - Angel Nafis - ODE TO VOICEMAIL". sixthfinch.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  29. "National Poetry Month Day 31: "Why R&B First Thing In The Morning, Why R&B Above All" by Angel Nafis". The Rumpus.net. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  30. "Angel Nafis1". MUZZLE MAGAZINE. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  31. Poets, Academy of American. "King of Kreations by Angel Nafis - Poems | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  32. "Angel Nafis2". MUZZLE MAGAZINE. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  33. NAFIS, ANGEL. "PUBLICATIONS / PRESS". ANGEL NAFIS. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
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