Afaa Michael Weaver

Fiction Writer

Boston, MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
weaverm2@simmons.edu
Website: 
www.afaamweaver.com

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
These Hands I Know (Sarabande Books, 2002)
Books:
The Plum Flower Dance/ poems 1985 to 2005 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2008)
,
Multitudes (Sarabande Books, 2000)
,
Sandy Point (The Press of Appletree Alley, 2000)
,
The Ten Lights of God (Bucknell University Press, 2000)
,
Talisman (Tia Chucha Press, 1998)
,
Timber & Prayer (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995)
,
Stations in a Dream (Dolphin-Moon Press, 1993)
,
My Father's Geography (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992)
,
Some Days It's a Slow Walk to Evening (Paradigm Press, 1989)
,
Water Song (University of Virginia Press, 1985)
Journals:
5 A.M.
,
African American Review
,
American Poetry Review
,
Callaloo
,
Calliope
,
Cream City Review
,
Kenyon Review
,
Long Shot
,
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora
,
One Trick Pony
,
Pequod
,
Plum Review
,
Poetry
,
Solo

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
African American
Prefers to work with: 
Mental Health, Incarcerated individuals
Fluent in: 
Chinese, French
Born in: 
Baltimore
Raised in: 
Baltimore, MD
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Last update: Jun 09, 2008