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Evie Shockley

Evie Shockley is the author of a chapbook, The Gorgon Goddess (2001), and the collection a half-red sea (2006), both with Carolina Wren Press. Her poetry also appears in Beloit Poetry Journal, Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, Fascicle, Hambone, HOW2, nocturnes (re)view, Talisman, Poetry Daily: Poems from the World's Most Popular Poetry Website, Rainbow Darkness: An Anthology of African American Poetry, and other journals and anthologies. Shockley is a graduate fellow of Cave Canem and was awarded a residency at Hedgebrook Retreat for Women Writers in 2003. She is an assistant professor of English at Rutgers University, where she teaches African American literature and creative writing.

Posted on February 16, 2005 6:04 AM

• lifeline
• london bridge
• notes for the early journey
• you can say that again, billie
• apples and oranges:                 an allegory
• á table
• Sooth Seers
• ballad of bertie county
• Evie Shockley Q&A on two poets she recommends
• Evie Shockley Q&A on the difficulty of writing poetry
• Evie Shockley Q&A on the formal strategy of her poems: london bridge, notes for the early journey, and you can say that again, billie
• Evie Shockley

 

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