Andre Wilson

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Spoken Word Artist

Hercules, CA
California US
Email: 
awilsonpoetwriter@gmail.com

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Anthology:
Changing Harm to Harmony (Marin Poetry Center Press, 2015)
Book:
Hauntings (Newfound, 2023)
Journals:
Interim
,
Litro Magazine
,
Mom Egg Review
,
Not Your Mother's Breast Milk
,
RFD
,
sPARKLE & bLINK
,
Sun Magazine
,
Vincent Brothers Review
,
Wordgathering: A Disability Journal

Poetry

Journals:
Alexandria Quarterly
,
Ekphrastic Review
,
Failed Haiku
,
Not Your Mother's Breast Milk
,
Page & Spine
,
Rattle
,
RFD
,
Society of Classical Poets
,
sPARKLE & bLINK

Spoken Word

Performances:
Quiet Lightning (2020)
,
Storytelling Association of California Genre Storytelling Series: Folktales (2020)
,
Write Now! SF Bay presents "Stand Up and Be Counted." (2020)
,
Civil Liberties United (2019)
,
Sacred Grounds Open Mic (2019)
,
Antioch Public Library (2015)
,
Institute of Possibility, San Francisco (2015)
,
Modern Times Books (2015)
,
Berkeley Public Library, South Branch (2014)
,
The Marsh Theatre, San Francisco (2014)
,
The Marsh Theater, San Francisco (2013)
Prizes won: 

Won 2022 Newfound Prose Prize for the chapbook "Hauntings"

Nominated in 2018 for a Pushcart Prize in Poetry.

Finalist in the Alexandria Quarterly First Line Poetry Contest Series

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
James Baldwin, Ray Bradbury, Jessie Lee Dawson-Wilson, John Steinbeck, Jack London, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Earnest Hemingway, Marlon James, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston
What I'm reading now: 
Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
African American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
Raised in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
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Last update: Dec 30, 2023