Shaina Phenix is a Black, queer poet, essayist, and educator from Harlem, NY
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She is the author of To Be Named Something Else from University of Arkansas Press
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She received a BA in Poetry & Africana studies at Hampshire College, and holds an MFA in Poetry from Virginia Tech. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Elon University and has taught both middle and high school humanities, theater, and creative writing
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She is—her work is—always in communion with documents that recall many Black and femme experiences,
the passing down of stories, the ocean, the body, mothering, acts of loving, and home(s)
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She is the author of To Be Named Something Else from University of Arkansas Press
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She received a BA in Poetry & Africana studies at Hampshire College, and holds an MFA in Poetry from Virginia Tech. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Elon University and has taught both middle and high school humanities, theater, and creative writing
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She is—her work is—always in communion with documents that recall many Black and femme experiences,
the passing down of stories, the ocean, the body, mothering, acts of loving, and home(s)
