Aracelis Girmay
Biography of Aracelis Girmay
Aracelis Girmay was born December 10, 1977 and is the author of several books of poetry including, Teeth and Kingdom Animalia, for which she was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award respectively. Kingdom Animalia was also a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.
Girmay also wrote/collaged the picture book changing, changing. Her poems have appeared in Granta, The Prairie Schooner, The Wide Shore, and Indiana Review, among other publications. Her honors include a Whiting Writers Award and fellowships from Cave Canem, Civitella Ranieri, and the NEA. She teaches in Hampshire College’s School for interdisciplinary Arts and Drew University’s low-residency MFA program in poetry.
Learn more at Aracelis Girmay’s official website
