Mahogany L. Browne

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Dr. Mahogany L. Browne
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Mahogany L. Browne in Miami
BornLesley Tims
1976 (age 4849)
Oakland, California
OccupationPoet and author
Alma mater Pratt Institute
Literary movementActivism, children's books

Dr. Mahogany L. Browne, (born Lesley Tims, 1976) is an American poet [1] curator, writer, organizer and educator. As of July 2021, Browne is the first-ever poet-in-residence at New York City's Lincoln Center. [2]

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Biography

Dr. Mahogany L. Browne was born and raised in Oakland, California [3] before moving to Brooklyn, New York in 1999. [4] She recalls never having imagined moving to New York permanently as someone born and raised in Oakland, California but after her summer residency at Pratt Institute ended, she decided to stay. [5]

She is known for her thirteen-year tenure as the Friday Night Slam curator and Poetry Program director at the Nuyorican Poets Café in Lower Manhattan. In 2019, Browne served as the Black Lives Matter (BLM) program coordinator at her alma mater, Pratt Institute, [3] where she was also a visiting instructor. [6]

Browne is currently the executive director at Bowery Poetry Club, founded by Bob Holman in 2003. Browne is also the artistic director at Urban Word NYC, Poetry Coordinator at St. Francis College and the author of several books (including children's books), stage plays, articles and audio recordings. The founder of Penmanship Books, [3] Browne has received numerous awards and fellowships, among which is a fellowship from the Art for Justice Fund (A4J). The Academy of American Poets has published several blog essays [7] of Browne's through their partnership with A4J. [8]

Awards

In 2019, Browne received a SWACC! Focus Fellowship, which is awarded to a spoken word author whose lifelong creative work has demonstrated a commitment to building community through collaborative models. [9]

She was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry. [10]

Publications

Young Adult

Poetry collections

Essays

Poems

Anthologies

References

  1. "'Black Girl Magic' Got Turned Into A Beautiful Illustrated Poem — And You Can See It Here". Bustle. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  2. Tarng, Tammy (July 2021). "Lincoln Center Names Its First Poet in Residence". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  3. 1 2 3 "About Mahogany L. Browne". Academy of American Poets . Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  4. Elizabeth, Jordannah (13 March 2018). "Mahogany L. Browne describes the making of The BreakBeat Poets Volume 2: Black Girl Magic". Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  5. ARGUEZA, MARIELLE (2025-05-08). "A conversation with 'Black Girl Magic' poet Mahogany L. Browne". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  6. "LESLEY TIMS". Pratt Institute. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  7. Poets, Academy of American. "Kite Patterns | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  8. Poets, Academy of American. "poets.org | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  9. "The SWACC! Focus Fellowship". AIR Serenbe. Archived from the original on 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  10. "Motion Picture - NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  11. 1 2 Poets, Academy of American. "On St. John's and Franklin Avenue by Mahogany L. Browne - Poems | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  12. 1 2 "Books". Mahogany L Browne. 2016-10-25. Retrieved 2020-02-28.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. "Mahogany L. Browne, Poet". Brief but Spectacular (PBS). Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  14. "Chrome Valley by Mahogany L Browne". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  15. "Copyright", Spanish American Modernista Poets, Elsevier, 1968, pp. iv, doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-103822-2.50002-1, ISBN   978-0-08-103822-2
  16. "From Serena Williams to Michelle Obama: How Do We Portray Black Womanhood?". Vice. 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2019-12-19.