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Vievee Francis

Author of Forest Primeval: Poems (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award)

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About the Author

Vievee Francis is the author of Horse in the Dark (2012), winner of the Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including Best American Poetry 2010 and Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American show more Poetry. She was the recipient of the 2009 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award and the 2010 Kresge Artist Fellowship. A Cave Canem fellow, she is currently an associate editor for Callaloo. show less

Works by Vievee Francis

Forest Primeval: Poems (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award) (2015) 42 copies

Blue-Tail Fly (Made in Michigan Writers Series) (2006) 18 copies

Horse in the Dark: Poems (2011) 14 copies

The Shared World: Poems (2023) 8 copies

Associated Works

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (2021) — Contributor — 1,521 copies

African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contributor — 176 copies

The Best American Poetry 2010 (2010) — Contributor — 121 copies

The Best American Poetry 2017 (2017) — Contributor — 97 copies

The Best American Poetry 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 81 copies

The Best American Poetry 2019 (2019) — Contributor — 57 copies

The Best American Poetry 2022 (The Best American Poetry series) (2022) — Contributor — 43 copies

The Best American Poetry 2020 (2020) — Contributor — 42 copies

Bearden's Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden (2017) — Contributor — 11 copies

Vinegar and Char: Verse from the Southern Foodways Alliance (2018) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Francis, Vievee
Legal name: Francis, Vievee Elaure
Birthdate: 1963
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Country (for map): USA
Birthplace: West Texas, USA
Places of residence: Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Education: University of Michigan (MFA)
Occupations: English professor, Dartmouth College
associate editor, Callaloo (journal)
Relationships: Olzmann, Matthew (echtg.)

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Forest Primeval: Poems (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award) (Shortlist – 2016)

Cave Canem Poetry Prize

Horse in the Dark: Poems (2010)

Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

Forest Primeval: Poems (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award) (Winner – Poetry – 2016)

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ISBNs: 7

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