Aurielle Marie

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Aurielle Marie (born 1994)[1] is an American poet and activist. Their debut collection Gumbo Ya Ya received the 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.

Career[]

Marie was born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised on the southwest side of the city. Growing up, they were active in Black-oriented youth organizations that nurtured creativity. As a result, began writing poetry in their childhood.[2]

Marie said their poetry focuses on "my sexuality, my body, my trauma, and the world I live in."[2] Marie has published poetry in outlets including The Rumpus, BOATT, Poets.org, The Adroit Journal, Poetry Daily, and TriQuarterly Press.[3][4][5][6][7] They won the 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for their debut collection Gumbo Ya Ya. As a result, the collection was published by University of Pittsburgh Press and released in fall 2021.[8] Poets & Writers described the collection as "a swirl of texts and voices, with visually inventive typography and poems, some featuring words cascading down the page, layered on top of one another, or pushing beyond the margins. The book subverts and refuses form."[4]

Marie has worked with Atlanta-based organizations focused on civil rights and other social justice issues.[9] They first became involved with community organizing after the killing of Michael Brown and the Ferguson uprising that followed. Marie was an organizer with the grassroots organization It's Bigger Than You.[9][10]

Personal life[]

Marie is genderqueer and uses she/they pronouns.[8][4]

Works[]

  • Marie, Aurielle (2021). Gumbo Ya Ya. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822988380.

Accolades[]

References[]

  1. ^ marie, aurielle. "It's my birthday. I'm 25. It's been a wild year". Twitter. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b Stories, Local (2019-05-14). "Life and Work with Aurielle Marie - Voyage ATL Magazine | ATL City Guide". voyageatl.com. Retrieved 2021-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "National Poetry Month Day 12: Aurielle Marie". The Rumpus.net. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  4. ^ a b c "Literary MagNet: Aurielle Marie". Poets & Writers. 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  5. ^ Poets, Academy of American (2020-10-07). "pantoum for aiyana & not a single hashtag by Aurielle Marie - Poems | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2021-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Issue Twenty-Six: Aurielle Marie | The Adroit Journal". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  7. ^ ""no name in the street" by Aurielle Marie". Poetry Daily. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  8. ^ a b c "Aurielle Marie Wins 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize". Cave Cane. Retrieved 2021-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b Boone, Christian (2016-01-14). "Not your granddaddy's civil rights activists". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved 2021-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Bagby, Dyana (2015-01-20). "Rustin/Lorde Breakfast brings power to the people of LGBT Atlanta". Georgia Voice - Gay & LGBT Atlanta News. Retrieved 2021-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Aurielle Marie". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  12. ^ "the blues, reproductive by Aurielle Marie". The Los Angeles Review. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  13. ^ "EMERGING WRITER'S CONTEST WINNER". Ploughshares. 45: 221–226. Winter 2019–2020 – via JSTOR.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  14. ^ "Furious Flower Poetry Prizes". www.jmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  15. ^ "Current Finalists". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2022-03-16.

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