Afaa M. Weaver

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Afaa M. Weaver
Afaa Michael Weaver reading poetry.jpg
Weaver reading poetry in 2013
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Baltimore, Maryland
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Occupations
  • Poet
  • short-story writer
  • editor

Afaa Michael Weaver (born 1951 Baltimore, Maryland), formerly known as Michael S. Weaver, is an American poet, short-story writer, and editor. He is the author of numerous poetry collections, and his honors include a Fulbright Scholarship and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Pew Foundation, and Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. He is the Director of the Writing Intensive at The Frost Place. [1]

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Life

Born in Maryland, he studied two years at the University of Maryland. He started 7th Son Press and the literary journal Blind Alleys. He graduated from Brown University on a fellowship, with an M.A, and Excelsior University with a B.A. He taught at National Taiwan University and Taipei National University of the Arts as a Fulbright Scholar, and was a faculty member at the Cave Canem Foundation's annual retreat. In addition, he was the first to be named an elder of the Cave Canem Foundation. He also studied Chinese language at the Taipei Language Institute in Taiwan. [2]

He teaches at Simmons College, and is director of the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Center. [3] He is Chairman of the Simmons International Chinese Poetry Conference. [2] Tess Onwueme, the Nigerian playwright, gave him the Ibo name "Afaa", meaning "oracle", while Dr. Perng Ching-hsi has given him the Chinese name "Wei Yafeng". [4]

His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including Callaloo . [5]

Honors and awards

Published works

Full-length poetry collections

Plays

Anthologies edited

Anthology publications

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References

  1. ↑ "Meet Afaa Michael Weaver, The Frost Place Writing Intensive Director". The Frost Place. Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  2. 1 2 "Bio". aalbc.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Founder". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
  4. 1 2 Poets, Academy of American. "About Afaa Michael Weaver | Academy of American Poets". poets.org.
  5. ↑ "Project MUSE - Login". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. ↑ "Academy of American Poets Announces Recipients of 2023 American Poetry Prizes". Academy of American Poets. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Rothman, Lily (March 12, 2014). "Meet the Former Factory Worker Who Just Won a $100,000 Poetry Prize". Time. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Fulbright Scholar Program > 2001 - 2002 U.S. Scholar Directory". Archived from the original on May 2, 2010.

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