Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Lady Rushdie
Griffiths at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Born (1978-12-06) 6 December 1978 (age 45)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
EducationUniversity of Delaware
Sarah Lawrence College (MFA)
Occupation(s)Poet, novelist, photographer and visual artist
Spouse
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(m. 2021)​
Websitewww.rachelelizagriffiths.com

Rachel Eliza Griffiths (born 1978)[1][2] is an American poet, novelist, photographer and visual artist, who is the author of five published collections of poems. In Seeing the Body (2020), she "pairs poetry with photography, exploring memory, Black womanhood, the American landscape, and rebirth."[3] It was a nominee for the 2021 NAACP Image Award in Poetry.[4]

  1. ^ Lehman, David; Paisley Rekdal, eds. (2020). The Best American Poetry. Simon & Schuster. p. 232. ISBN 9781982106614.
  2. ^ Busby, Margaret, ed. (2019). New Daughters of Africa (PDF). Myriad Editions. p. xiii. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  3. ^ Herrington, Sarah (October 13, 2020). "Anatomy of Grief: A Conversation with Rachel Eliza Griffiths". Los Angeles Review of Books. Archived from the original on August 30, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "Seeing the Body". W. W. Norton and Company. Archived from the original on August 30, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.