Britteney Black Rose Kapri

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Britteney Black Rose Kapri
Born Chicago, Illinois
Alma materGrand Valley State University
Notable awardsRona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
RelativesHelen Shiller

Britteney Black Rose Kapri is a Chicago-based author, educator, activist and poet, [1] performer, and playwright. [2] [3] [4]

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Life

Kapri graduated from Grand Valley State University.

She has been published in Poetry, Button Poetry , and Seven Scribes [5] and anthologized in The BreakBeat Poets [6] [7] and The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic. [8] [9] [10] [11] Kapri has written two chapbooks:Winona and Winthrop (New School Poetics, 2014) [12] and Black Queer Hoe (Haymarker Books, 2018 ISBN   978-1608465163). She was a winner of the 2015 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award. [13] [14] [15] [16]

Black Queer Hoe

Black Queer Hoe discusses black women's sexuality and sexual liberation. Kapri included Tweets in this collection. Black Queer Hoe is about Kapri's personal experiences. [17]

Personal life

Kapri has a tattoo that reads, "Pro Black, Pro Queer, Pro Hoe." [17]

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