Angel Nafis

Angel Nafis
Nafis in 2014
Nafis in 2014
BornDecember 1988 (age 35)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationPoet and spoken-word artist
LanguageEnglish
EducationHunter College (BA), Warren Wilson College (MFA candidate)
GenreSpoken-word poetry
Notable worksBlackGirl Mansion
Notable awards
  • Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation (2016)
  • NEA Creative Writing fellowship
PartnerShira Erlichman

Angel Nafis (born December 1988)[1] is an American poet and spoken-word artist. She is the author of BlackGirl Mansion (Red Beard Press / New School Poetics, 2012).[2] She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

  1. ^ ""So if I am a tender writer... then my poems should be everything that I am." An interview with Angel Nafis". Catapult. October 23, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Angel Nafis". Poetry Foundation. June 21, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2020.