Desiree C. Bailey

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Desiree C. Bailey
Occupationpoet
LanguageEnglish
Alma mater Georgetown University (BA), Brown University (MFA), New York University (MFA)
Notable worksWhat Noise Against the Cane (2021)
Notable awards Yale Younger Poets Prize (2020)

Desiree C. Bailey is a Trinidadian-American poet and 2020 winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. [1] She teaches poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [2]

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Biography

Bailey was born in Trinidad and Tobago. [3] Bailey attended Georgetown University, Brown University and New York University. [2]

Bailey's manuscript What Noise Against the Cane was selected by series judge Carl Phillips as the winner of the 2020 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition [1] and published in 2021. [4] What Noise Against the Cane was also a finalist for the 2022 Kate Tufts Discovery Award, [5] the 2022 T.S. Eliot Four Quartets Prize, [6] and the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry, [7] as well as being named one of the "Best Books of 2021" by the New York Public Library. [8] Bailey was a James Merrill House Fellow in 2021. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Yale Series of Younger Poets Winners". Yale University Press. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  2. 1 2 "Desiree C. Bailey : English : UMass Amherst". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  3. ↑ Poets, Academy of American. "Desiree C. Bailey". poets.org. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  4. ↑ "What Noise Against the Cane". Yale University Press. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  5. ↑ "Previous Winners & Finalists — Tufts Poetry Awards". Tufts Poetry Awards. Archived from the original on 2025-02-14. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  6. ↑ "2022 Four Quartets Prize Winner". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  7. ↑ Andrews, Meredith (2021-10-05). "2021 National Book Awards Finalists Announced". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  8. ↑ "Best Books for Adults 2021 | The New York Public Library". www.nypl.org. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
  9. ↑ "Writer-in-Residence Testimonies". James Merrill House. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
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