Tanya Shirley
Tanya Shirley (born 1976) is a Jamaican poet.
Tanya Shirley
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- Education
- University of the West Indies; University of Maryland
- Occupation
- Poet
- Birthplace
- Jamaica
- Born
- 1976
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Tanya Shirley (born 1976) is a Jamaican poet.
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• Education — University of the West Indies; University of Maryland • Occupation — Poet • Birthplace — Jamaica • Born — 1976 • Notable Works — She Who Sleeps With Bones (2009) • Website — tanyashirley.com Tanya Shirley (born 1976) is a Jamaican poet.
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Life
Tanya Shirley was born in Jamaica in 1976. She attended high school in Canada before returning to Jamaica to study at the University of the West Indies (UWI), where she switched from studying social science to studying English literature. She later gained an MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland. She teaches in the Department of Literatures as an adjunct lecturer at UWI, Mona. Shirley's debut poetry collection, She Who Sleeps With Bones (2009), was a best-seller in Jamaica. In 2017, she married Alan Johnstone, a financial investigator.
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Works
• She Who Sleeps with Bones. Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree Press, 2009. • The Merchant of Feathers. Leeds: Peepal Tree, 2014.
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- 1.University of Georgia Press. Sharing the Earth: An International Environmental Justice Reader. 266–. 15 June 2015. 978-0-8203-4770-7.
- 2.Mel Cooke, Tanya Shirley - a constantly maturing poet, Jamaica Gleaner, July 24, 2011. Accessed July 11, 2020.
- 3.Carcanet. New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology. 97. 2007. 978-1-85754-941-6.
- 4.Tanya Shirley to Launch Poetry Book, Jamaica Gleaner, December 31, 2014. Accessed July 11, 2020.
- 5.VOWS: A reservoir of laughter... let us dazzle & sparkle..., Jamaican Observer, July 3, 2017. Accessed July 11, 2020.
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