Chris Abani is part of a new generation of Nigerian writers working to convey to an English-speaking audience the experience of those born and raised in that troubled African nation....
Poet Francesca Abbate earned a BA at Beloit College, an MFA at the University of Montana, and a PhD at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Her poems have appeared in...
Novelist and poet George Abbe was born in Somers, Connecticut. He earned a BA at the University of New Hampshire and an MFA at the University of Iowa. In his...
Hanif Abdurraqib is the author of They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Two Dollar Radio, 2017).
Poet and literary critic Lascelles Abercrombie was born at Ashton upon Mersey, near Manchester, England. He was educated at Malvern College and Owens (now Victoria University of Manchester) and worked...
Writer Marguerite Abouet was born in the Yopougon area of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. At age 12, she moved to Paris, where she completed her education. Abouet worked as a legal...
William Abrahams was born and raised in the Boston area and educated at Harvard University. After serving in World War II, he published poetry and novels, including By the Beautiful...
Seth Abramson is the author of six books of poetry, including The Suburban Ecstasies (Ghost Road Press, 2009), Northerners (New Issues, 2011), and, most recently, Golden Age (BlazeVOX Books, 2017). He...
The title of Dannie Abse’s collected poems, White Coat, Purple Coat (1989), refers to his lifelong professions of physician and poet. Of these careers, Abse has stated, “I like to...
Portuguese-American writer Millicent Borges Accardi is the author of four poetry books, most recently Only More So (Salmon Poetry, 2016). She has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Fulbright, CantoMundo, Yaddo, Creative...
Born and raised in Cleveland, poet and visual artist Samuel Ace (Linda Smukler) was educated at Yale University and the City College of New York, CUNY, where he earned an...
Writer Chinua Achebe was born in the village of Ogidi in eastern Nigeria. His father worked for the Church Missionary Society, and his early education was through the society’s school....
Novelist, essayist, and performance artist Kathy Acker was born and raised in New York City. She was educated at Brandeis University and the University of California at San Diego, where...
Writer and teacher Amanda Ackerman earned an MFA at the California Institute of the Arts. Her work blurs the lines between poetry, narrative, and prose. Her engagement with ecopoetics is informed...
A poet, essayist, and naturalist, Diane Ackerman received an MFA and a PhD from Cornell University. She is well known for both her poetry and her nonfiction writing—which includes The...
Canadian poet and editor Milton Acorn was born in 1923. His books of poetry include I've Tasted My Blood (1969), More Poems for People (1972), Captain Neal MacDougal & The...
Though born in New York City in 1913, poet Virginia Hamilton Adair spent much of her youth in neighboring New Jersey. Her father, Robert Browning Hamilton, was a poet as...
Songwriter, playwright, poet, artist, and photographer Helen Adam was born in Glasgow, Scotland and studied at Edinburgh University before moving to the United States in 1939. As a teen in...
Carrie Olivia Adams lives in Chicago, where she works in publishing and serves as the poetry editor for Black Ocean. She is the author of Operating Theater (Noctuary Press, 2015),...
Franklin P. Adams, or F. P. A. as he was known to his readers, was best known for his witty and satirical column "The Conning Tower," which was syndicated in...
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