Aurielle Marie

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Aurielle Marie (born 1994) [1] [ non-primary source needed ] is an American poet and activist. Their debut collection Gumbo Ya Ya received the 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize and the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry.

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Early life

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, they began writing poetry in their childhood. [2]

Career

Marie has worked with Atlanta-based organizations focused on civil rights and other social justice issues. [3] 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. [3] [4]

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. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

They won the 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for their debut collection Gumbo Ya Ya. The collection was published by University of Pittsburgh Press and released in fall 2021. [10] 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." [6]

Personal life

Marie is genderqueer and uses she/they pronouns. [10] [6]

Works

Accolades

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  1. ↑ Aurielle Marie [@YesAurielle] (December 16, 2019). "It's my birthday. I'm 25. It's been a wild year" (Tweet). Retrieved November 18, 2022– via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 Stories, Local (May 14, 2019). "Life and Work with Aurielle Marie – Voyage ATL Magazine | ATL City Guide". voyageatl.com. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Boone, Christian (January 14, 2016). "Not your granddaddy's civil rights activists". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ Bagby, Dyana (January 20, 2015). "Rustin/Lorde Breakfast brings power to the people of LGBT Atlanta". Georgia Voice – Gay & LGBT Atlanta News. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ "National Poetry Month Day 12: Aurielle Marie". The Rumpus.net. April 12, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "Literary MagNet: Aurielle Marie". Poets & Writers. August 18, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  7. ↑ Poets, Academy of American (October 7, 2020). "pantoum for aiyana & not a single hashtag by Aurielle Marie – Poems | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Issue Twenty-Six: Aurielle Marie | The Adroit Journal". The Adroit Journal. October 23, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  9. ↑ ""no name in the street" by Aurielle Marie". Poetry Daily. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  10. 1 2 3 "Aurielle Marie Wins 2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize". Cave Cane. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
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