Britteney Black Rose Kapri
Britteney Black Rose Kapri is a Chicago-based poet,[1] performer, and playwright.[2][3][4] She has been published in Poetry, Button Poetry, and Seven Scribes[5] and anthologized in The BreakBeat Poets[6][7] and The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic.[8][9][10][11] Kapri has written two chapbooks:Winona and Winthrop (New School Poetics, 2014)[12] and Black Queer Hoe (Haymarker Books, 2018 ISBN 978-1608465163). She was a winner of the 2015 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award.[13][14][15][16]
Education
Kapri is a Grand Valley State University alumna
Black Queer Hoe
Black Queer Hoe discusses black women's sexuality and sexual liberation. Kapri included Tweets in this collection. Black Queer Hoe is about Kapri's personal experiences.[17]
Personal life
Kapri has a tattoo that reads, "Pro Black, Pro Queer, Pro Hoe."[17]
References
- ^ Staff, Times. "PNW poetry slam showcases Black History Month". nwitimes.com. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Britteney Black Rose Kapri, Author at Black Nerd Problems". Black Nerd Problems. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "africafuturistic | Britteney Black Rose Kapri". africafuturistic (in French). Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "Queeriosity Creates Safe Space for Young LGBTQ Poets - Rebellious Magazine". Rebellious Magazine. 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Vultures". Seven Scribes. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "The New School". Chicago magazine. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Black Girl Magic | The creation of a new BreakBeat Poets Anthology, poetics of hip-hop, and more". WGN Radio - 720 AM. 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Woods, Jamila; Browne, Mahogany L.; Simmonds, Idrissa (2018-03-23). The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic. Haymarket Books. ISBN 9781608468706.
- ^ "We House by Britteney Black Rose Kapri". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Magazine. 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Button Poetry (2017-01-11), Britteney Black Rose Kapri - "Gun Smoked" (Button Live), retrieved 2018-07-22
- ^ Stompor, Katie. "PNW observes Black History Month with poetry, art". Post-Tribune. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ Fallon, Claire (2015-09-18). "Look Out For These 6 Up-And-Coming Women Writers". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "Meet the Winners of the 2015 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards". Inside Philanthropy. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "The Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Awards". www.ronajaffefoundation.org. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ "Rona Jaffe Award Winners Announced". Poets & Writers. 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ Kang, Inkoo (2015-09-03). "Six Up-and-Coming Women Writers Awarded $30,000 Rona Jaffe Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- ^ a b Crumpton, Taylor. "Britteney Black Rose Kapri on Reclaiming Her Power Through "Black Queer Hoe"". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2018-09-10.