Romaine Washington

Poet

California US

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Website:

www.romainewashington.com

Author's Bio

Romaine Washington (she/her) is the editor of These Black Bodies Are… A Blacklandia Anthology, and Cholla Needles Issue 88; she is also the author of two poetry books, Purgatory Has an Address and Sirens in Her Belly. Washington’s poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net, and she is a twice-nominated Pushcart Prize poet. Her work has been in local and national publications including Women Who Submit anthologies, Gathering and Accolades; Lullwater Review; Cholla Needles, and Boundless 2022 Flowersong Press. She has presented her poetry in many programs, including Inside Socal CBS2/KCSL9, NPR, and KPFK. To find out more, visit her website at www.romainewashington.com.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

Cholla Needles 86 (Cholla Needles Press, 2024)

Cholla Needles 88 (Cholla Needles Press, 2024)

These Black Bodies Are...A Blacklandia Anthology (Inlandia Institute, 2023)

Boundless 2022: The Rio Grande Valley Intl. Poetry Festival Anthology (FlowerSong Press, 2022)

Cholla Needles 59 (Cholla Needles Press, 2021)

Gathering: A Women Who Submit Anthology (Jamii Publishing, 2021)

Cholla Needles 39 (Cholla Needles Press, 2020)

Pandemic Summer: (Inlandia Institute, 2020)

San Bernardino Singing (Inlandia Institute, 2020)

Accolades: A Women Who Submit Anthology (Jamii Publishing, 2019)

Cholla Needles 32 (Cholla Needles Press, 2019)

Cholla Needles 36 (Cholla Needles Press, 2019)

Writing from Inldandia 2018 (Inlandia Institute, 2019)

Writing from Inlandia (Inlandia Institute, 2017)

Defining Moments Vol IX (Plymouth Writers Group, 2004)

In the Company of Women (PoetWorks Press, 2001)

The Verdict Is In (Manic D Press, 1992)

Sheila-Na-Gig (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 1991)

Books:

Purgatory Has an Address (Bamboo Dart Press, 2021)

Sirens in Her Belly (Jamii Publishing, 2015)

Journals:

Altadena Poetry Review

Buckle &

California English

Cholla Needles

Hip Mama

Lullwater Review

New Directions

Watch

Reading of "at the end of the devil’s breath" from Purgatory Has an Address by Romaine Washington.

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Toni Morrison, Jesmyn Ward, Audre Lorde, Jericho Brown, Natasha Trethewey, S. Pearl Sharp, Cynthia Manick, Clint Smith, Ta-Nehesi Coates, Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica Kincaid, Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin, Barbara Kingsolver, Naomi Shihab Nye, Nikki Giovanni, Nikia Chaney, Nathalie Graham, Beverly Head, Tracy K. Smith, Lynne Thompson, Patricia Smith, F. Douglas Brown, James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Carolyn M. Rodgers, Lucille Clifton, Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, Aime Cesare, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Tennessee Williams, Milan Kundera, Ada Limón

What I'm reading now:

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

African American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

San Bernardino, CA

California

Raised in:

San Bernardino, CA

California

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Last update: Mar 05, 2024