Bluest Nude

Author is widely published in literary journals and has been twice published in The Best American Poetry; she is deeply connected in interdisciplinary communities, including poetry, visual art, and danceAuthor has won major U.S. literary awards, including a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Jerome Hill Artist FellowshipWe expect strong blurbs from Tracy K. Smith and Mary SzybistBook's engagement with Blackness, identity, the female body, agency, visual art, artists like Gwendolyn Brooks and Lorna Simpson provides opportunities for rich coverage and a wide readership