donika kelly

@officialdonika

Author of Bestiary, | 2018 Kate Tufts Award and 2017 Hurston/Wright Award | | she/her/dr.

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    14 Jun 2017

    I wish you the confidence of a lesbian in a new plaid shirt.

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    May 7

    *OFFICIAL* NYC UBER/LYFT STRIKE SCHEDULE: 7AM-9AM STRIKE! All apps off! App driver leaders and organizers will be leafleting & holding banners at BROOKLYN BRIDGE - Brooklyn side - Tillary Street & Adams Street AND 59TH ST BRIDGE- Queens side - 41st Ave & Crescent Street 1/

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  3. May 7
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    May 6

    NY fam and friends: come watch me make these faces, receive inscrutable glances, and much more tomorrow night at my launch reading for EXILES OF EDEN ✨ Feat. and Tues 7pm 28 Adams St Brooklyn, NY 11201

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    May 5

    I never realized cows could jump so high. Did you?

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    May 3

    a big announcement, friends— & I are thrilled to co-edit The Familiar Wild: On Dogs & Poetry for . we’re searching for your poems about dogs & details for how to submit them can be found here:

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    May 3

    I’m reading at tonight with some MFA students, 7pm. Come say hi!

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    Apr 30

    Cave Canem invites you to join us for "Yusef Komunyakaa: A Celebration" a day-long tribute to a living legend on Saturday, May 11. Co-presented with with support from and .

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    May 3

    I'll be in Nashville teaching a workshop and giving a reading with at The Porch tomorrow! If you're there or know someone who is, I'd love to see such love manifested in the form of a human being.

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    TONIGHT!!! 7:30 // (FORT GREEN) // join me in celebrating the release of // t'ai freedom ford's [&more black] // with legends &

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    May 1

    Fans of poetry, wine & cheese! Join us at Fort Greene tomorrow to celebrate 's new collection, & more black! Readings by t'ai, , , and RSVP here:

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    Apr 30

    while y'all are out here creating ideas that could actually happen... i'd very much like a black-owned, affordable, week long adult summer camp. emphasis on "black-owned" and "affordable."

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    Apr 29

    TONIGHT at — Readings by guest editors and Vijay Seshadri, as well as featured poets Lawrence Joseph and Evie Shockley.

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    Apr 28

    TOMORROW at — Readings by guest editors and Vijay Seshadri, as well as featured poets Lawrence Joseph and Evie Shockley.

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    Apr 27

    Join us on Monday, April 29, at for a special event featuring our four guest poetry editors, Henri Cole, Shane McCrae, Monica Youn, and Vijay Seshadri, and more. Purchase your tickets:

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    Apr 27

    I am a mountain holding on to the trees. I am the wind crashing into everything in my path. Abe, 3rd Grade

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    Apr 27

    "What is the metaphor for two animals sharing the same space? Marriage?" — Donika Kelly

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