Arisa White
Illustration — Arisa White Arisa White is an American poet based in Oakland, California. She is a Cave Canem fellow and author of the poetry chapbooks Disposition for Shininess, Post Pardon, and Black Pearl, and the books Hurrah's Nest, A Penny Saved, and You're the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened.
Arisa White
San Francisco Public Library · Arisa White at Radar Reading Series at 0:11, cropped, brightened · CC BY 3.0
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- United States
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- poet · writer
- Education
- University of Massachusetts Amherst · Sarah Lawrence College
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- English
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Arisa White was born in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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White's published works are books You're the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened (Augury Books, 2016), A Penny Saved (Aquarius Press/Willow Books, 2012), and Hurrah's Nest (Virtual Artists Collective, 2012); chapbooks Black Pearl (Nomadic Press, 2016), dear Gerald (self-published, 2015), Post Pardon (Mouthfeel Press, 2014), and Disposition for Shininess (Factory Hollow Press, 2008). Her work has appeared in anthologies Street Lit: Representing the Urban Landscape (Scarecrow Press, 2013); Another & Another: An Anthology From the Grind Daily Writing Series (Bull City Press, 2012); Cave Canem Anthology XII: Poems 2008-2009 (Willow Books, 2012); and The Woman I’ve Become: 37 Women Share Their Journeys from Toxic Relationships to Self Empowerment (Pixelita Press, 2012); Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion & Spirituality (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011); and Knocking at the Door: Poems for Approaching the Other (Birch Bench Press, 2011). Hurrah’s Nest was a finalist for the 2013 Wheatley Book Awards, 82nd California Book Awards, and nominated for a 44th NAACP Image Awards. You’re the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened was nominated for the 29th Lambda Literary Awards. Arisa's poetry was nominated for Pushcart Prizes in 2005, 2014, and 2016.
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- 2.jbmorris2. Arisa White. University of San Francisco. 2017-05-22.
- 3.Johnson, William. 29th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists. Lambda Literary. 2017-03-24.
- 4.Fulfilling and Feeding the Creative Impulse: A Roundtable with Arisa White: Ms. Magazine Blog. Ms. Magazine Blog. 2017-09-28.
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