Camonghne Felix
Camonghne Felix, M.A. is a poet, a writer, speaker, & political strategist living in New York City. She received an M.A. in Arts Politics from NYU, an MFA from Bard College, & has received Fellowships from Cave Canem, Callaloo & Poets House.
Her first full-length collection of poems, Build Yourself a Boat, was a 2017 University of Wisconsin Press Brittingham & Pollak Prize finalist, a 2017 Fordham University Poets Out Loud semi-finalist, & is forthcoming from Haymarket Books in 2019. The author of the chapbook Yolk, she was recently listed by Black Youth Project as a "Black Girl From the Future You Should Know."
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Poet Camonghne Felix Longlisted for National Book Award
Camonghne Felix’s debut book of poems, Build Yourself a Boat, has been longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry. The book is an anthem of survival and a look at what might come after. A view of what floats and what, ultimately, sustains.
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Build Yourself a Boat