Afaa M. Weaver

Afaa M. Weaver
Weaver reading poetry in 2013
Born	1951 (age 72–73) Baltimore, Maryland
Education	Excelsior University (B.A.) Brown University (M.A.)
Occupations	Poet short-story writer editor

Afaa Michael Weaver (born 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland), formerly known as Michael S. Weaver, is an American poet, short-story writer, and editor. He is the author of numerous poetry collections, and his honors include a Fulbright Scholarship and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Pew Foundation, and Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. He is the Director of the Writing Intensive at The Frost Place.^[1]