Porsha Olayiwola
Porsha Olayiwola is an American poet.[1][2] In 2019 she was appointed the Poet laureate of Boston.[3][4] Her first poetry collection, i shimmer sometimes, too was released in 2019.[4][5] In 2020 her work was included in the exhibition Women Take the Floor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[6][7]
She is the 2014 individual World Poetry Slam champion and the 2015 National Poetry Slam champion.[8][2]
References[]
- ^ "Porsha Olayiwola is Reimagining What Poetry Can be".
- ^ a b "Community and Social Justice in Spoken Word - the Heights". 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Meet Porsha Olayiwola, Boston's new poet laureate - the Boston Globe".
- ^ a b "Porsha Olayiwola Releases First Poetry Collection, 'I Shimmer Sometimes, Too'".
- ^ "With her debut collection, Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola shimmers sometimes, too". 19 February 2020.
- ^ McShane, Julianne (12 March 2020). "Women's Art is Every Kind of Art". The New York Times.
- ^ "Seven-Gallery 'Takeover' of Art by Women at MFA Boston Marks 100th Anniversary of U.S. Women's Suffrage Amendment".
- ^ "Porsha Olayiwola". 16 January 2019.
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