Tracie Morris

Born in Brooklyn, interdisciplinary poet and sound artist Tracie Morris earned an MFA at Hunter College and a PhD at New York University. She studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and at Michael Howard Studios.

In her poetry, Tracie Morris transforms and complicates her subjects of abuse, power, and the body through repetition and accretive adjustments or substitutions, creating an intimate, dynamic space for readers and listeners. Morris’s poetry collections include:

• Handholding: 5 Kinds (01/01/2016)
• Rhyme Scheme (01/01/2012)
• Intermission (01/01/1998)

Her work is featured in numerous anthologies, including The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind (01/01/2015), The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip Hop (01/01/2015), and An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art (2002). With Charles Bernstein, she coedited Best American Experimental Writing (01/01/2016).

Her sound installations have been presented at the Whitney Biennial, MoMA, the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, and other sites. She leads the Tracie Morris Band and is also a lead singer for the group Terraplane.