Shauna Barbosa

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Shauna Barbosa (born ca. 1988) [1] is the author of the poetry collection Cape Verdean Blues (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018). [2] She was a finalist for PEN America's 2019 Open Book Award [3] and was a 2018 Disquiet International Luso-American fellow. [4] [5]

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Early life

Barbosa was born to an African-American mother and Cape Verdean father, [6] and grew up in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. [7] [8] [9] [10] Her parents met working at Polaroid. [8] She has four siblings. [8]

At age 15, she worked at the Funky Fresh music store in Boston, which fostered her love of music and mixtapes. [9] [ dead link ] [10] In high school, she reviewed albums for her school paper. [9] [6] Later, she worked as an intern at Vibe . [11]

Life and work

Barbosa received her MFA from Bennington College in Vermont [12] and currently resides in Los Angeles, California where she teaches Creative Writing in the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension. [4] Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The New Yorker , Ploughshares , AGNI, Iowa Review , Virginia Quarterly Review , Boulevard , Poetry Society of America , PBS NewsHour , Lit Hub , Lenny Letter , and others. [4]

She cites the writers Camonghne Felix, Lucille Clifton, Ariana Reines, Patricia Smith, Dean Young, Anne Sexton, Michael Ondaatje, Jorge Barbosa, and Corsino Fortes as inspiration, [9] as well as the lyrics of Juvenile, [13] Nas, Frank Ocean, Amy Winehouse and Andre 3000. [7]

Cape Verdean Blues

Barbosa's poetry collection Cape Verdean Blues was published in 2018. In their review, Publishers Weekly said, "In her strong debut, Barbosa delves into how the nuances of identity are formed through intersecting struggles. She characterizes identity as mutable, flexible, and a means to keep the memories that shape a person. Writing of her Cape Verdean upbringing in Boston, Barbosa investigates what it means to be a woman of color and a cultural other."

Kendrick Lamar praised the book, saying, "These words feel like experiences. Some are personal, most are enlightening, but all connect. Connect on a higher level. A spiritual level." [14]

Lit Hub named it one of their favorite books of 2018. [15]

The book is named after the jazz musician Horace Silver's 1966 album The Cape Verdean Blues . [7]

Five poems translated into French were published in Europe in April 2020 ("Broke", "Deniz", "Strology Virgo", "Something African with a K", "And I Know That She Feels Beautiful - Do We Have Cancer"). [16]

Bibliography

Poetry

Collections
List of poems [17]
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collected
What is a diagnosis to a demon2020 "What is a diagnosis to a demon". The New Yorker. 95 (44): 36. January 13, 2020.
And I Know That She Feels Beautiful "And I Know That She Feels Beautiful". The Bad Penny Review
33 "33". The Bad Penny Review
GPS "GPS". The Bad Penny Review
Simone "Simone". Sundog Lit
Deniz2014 "Deniz". PANK. 9.6. June 2014
Your Eyes Blink Five-Minute Miles"Your Eyes Blink Five-Minute Miles". The Minnesota Review
re the dentist and his new family2015 "re the dentist and his new family". The Awl . April 30, 2015
Big Sun Coming Strong Through the Motel Blinds2016 "Big Sun Coming Strong Through the Motel Blinds". No Tokens Journal. August 30, 2016
Tone's Posture"Tone's Posture". Some Mark Made [17]
Flush Past the Ferry"Flush Past the Ferry". Some Mark Made [17]
Self on the First Date"Self on the First Date". The Atlas Review [17] City of Notions: An Anthology of Contemporary Boston Poets
When I Say I Want a Baby2016 "When I Say I Want a Baby". The Colorado Review [17] [18]
Let"Let". Boulevard Magazine [19] featured in the Mass Poetry Raining Poetry Project

as well as displayed at Boston City Hall as part of the Mayor's Office of Arts + Culture Initiative (2016-2017)

Broke"Broke". Boulevard Magazine [19]
Something African With a K"Something African With a K". RHINO Poetry
Liberation2017 "Liberation". Virginia Quarterly Review. Summer 2017 Poetry Daily in 2018
Strology Taurus 2017 "Strology Taurus". Lenny Letter . December 26, 2017Cape Verdean Blues
Strology Scorpio 2017 "Strology Scorpio". Lenny Letter. December 26, 2017Cape Verdean Blues
Every Year Trying to Get My Body Right2017 "Every Year Trying to Get My Body Right". Lenny Letter. December 26, 2017Cape Verdean Blues
Strology Aries "Strology Aries". FoundryCape Verdean Blues
To the Brothers of Cesária Évora 2018 "To the Brothers of Cesária Évora". Lit Hub. March 12, 2018Cape Verdean Blues
This Won't Make Sense in English

lénsu-marra

2018 "This Won’t Make Sense in English

lénsu-marra" Lit Hub. March 12, 2018

Cape Verdean Blues
Strology Gemini 2018 "Strology Gemini". Lit Hub. March 12, 2018Cape Verdean Blues
Small Town & Terrifying2018 "Small Town & Terrifying". Lit Hub. March 12, 2018Cape Verdean Blues
The Genetics of Leaving2018 "The Genetics of Leaving". PBS. March 12, 2018Cape Verdean Blues
Strology Virgo "Strology Virgo". WILDNESSCape Verdean Blues
Strology Capricorn "Strology Capricorn". WILDNESSCape Verdean Blues
You Will, Indeed, Always Be the Same Person After Vacation "You Will, Indeed, Always Be the Same Person After Vacation". Tupelo Quarterly
Taking Over for the '99 and the 2000 "Taking Over for the '99 and the 2000". Poetry Society of America
Dancing Makes Me Desperate"Dancing Makes Me Desperate". The Southeast Review [17]
Not Crazy Just Afraid to Ask2019 "Not Crazy Just Afraid to Ask". Iowa Review . April 15, 2019
Blossom2019 "Blossom". Iowa Review. April 15, 2019
WhatsApp Message Analysis and Response"WhatsApp Message Analysis and Response". AGNI [17]
The Internet"The Internet". Ploughshares [17]
Aloe"Aloe". Redivider [17]
I Look at Everyone Like This"I Look at Everyone Like This". Redivider [17]
It's Raining in LA What Else I'm Pose to Do"It's Raining in LA What Else I'm Pose to Do". THE COMMON [17]

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References

  1. ↑ ""Let the Rejections Roll in and Roll off"—Shauna Barbosa on Finding Creative Success". The Everygirl. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Cape Verdean Blues". upittpress.org. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. ↑ "Announcing the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists". PEN America. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  4. 1 2 3 "About". SHAUNA BARBOSA. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. ↑ Darling, Kristina Marie (2018-06-14). "An Introduction to Shauna Barbosa by dawn lonsinger". Tupelo Quarterly. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  6. 1 2 "The homeland left behind, captured in a poem". PBS NewsHour. 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  7. 1 2 3 "Shauna Barbosa's 'Cape Verdean Blues' Is a Poetic Exploration Of Movement & Cultural Inheritance". OkayAfrica. 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  8. 1 2 3 "Shauna Barbosa". OKAYAFRICA's 100 WOMEN. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Shauna Barbosa Talks 'Cape Verdean Blues,' Kendrick Lamar / J. Cole Project & More [Interview]". Okayplayer. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  10. 1 2 "The Kendrick Lamar-Approved Poet You Shouldn't Be Sleeping On". PAPER. 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  11. ↑ "You've Never Read A Kendrick Lamar Interview Like This One". Vibe. 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  12. ↑ "MFA in Writing | Bennington College". www.bennington.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  13. ↑ "Shauna Barbosa on "Taking Over for the '99 and the 2000"". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  14. ↑ "Cape Verdean Blues". SHAUNA BARBOSA. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  15. ↑ "Lit Hub's Favorite Books of 2018". Literary Hub. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  16. ↑ "Europe - nr. 1092, April 2020 - summary" (PDF).
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Poems". SHAUNA BARBOSA. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  18. ↑ Barbosa, Shauna (2016-11-13). "When I Say I Want a Baby, You Say You Miss Me That Much Too". Colorado Review. 43 (3): 107. doi:10.1353/col.2016.0084. ISSN   2325-730X. S2CID   171249671.
  19. 1 2 "Boulevard Vol. 33, Nos. 2 & 3 (Spring 2018)". Boulevard. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
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