Tyree Daye

Poet

Raleigh, NC
North Carolina US
Email: 
tyreedayewrites@gmail.com
Website: 
tyree.work
Twitter/X: 
@TyreeDaye

Author's Bio

Tyree Daye is a poet from Youngsville, North Carolina. He is the author of two poetry collections River Hymns 2017 APR/Honickman First Book Prize winner and Cardinal forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press 2020. Daye is a 2017 Ruth Lilly Finalist and Cave Canem fellow. Daye’s work has been published in Prairie Schooner, New York Times, Nashville Review. Daye won the 2019 Palm Beach Poetry Festival Langston Hughes Fellowship, 2019 Diana and Simon Raab Writer-In-Residence at UC Santa Barbara and is a 2019 Kate Tufts Finalist. Daye most recently was awarded a 2019 Whiting Writers Award.

Education: 
North Carolina State University MFA

Publications & Prizes

Book:
River Hymns (Copper Canyon Press, 2017)
Prizes won: 

2019 Whiting Writers Awards, 2019 Kate Tufts Finalist, 2019 Palm Beach Poetry Festival Langston Hughes Fellowship, 2019 Diana and Simon Raab Writer-In-Residence at UC Santa Barbara, 2017 APR/Honickman Frist Book Prize.

 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
African American
Prefers to work with: 
Schools
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina
Raised in: 
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina
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Last update: Jun 08, 2019