Shiferraw, Mahtem
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Mahtem Shiferraw is a writer and visual artist from Ethiopia and Eritrea. Her poetry collection, Fuchsia (University of Nebraska Press, 2016), received the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She divides her time between Los Angeles, California, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Section
- Index of Poets
- Poet Name
- Shiferraw, Mahtem
- Given name
- Mahtem
- Last Name
- Shiferraw
- Gender
- Female
- Place of Birth (city)
- Ethiopia
- Region
- East Africa
- Place of Birth (country)
- East Africa
- Selected Works
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Poems:
Synesthesia
Crossing Borders
Ash and Blue
Nomenclatures
Sister Black, Sister Blue
Books:
Behind Walls & Glass (Finishing Line Press, 2016).
Fuchsia (University of Nebraska Press, 2016).
Your Body is War (University of Nebraska Press, 2019).
Speeches, Lectures, Interviews, Performances / Critical Articles, Media:
“Color is a Language in Itself: Mahtem Shiferraw Discusses Fuchsia,” interviewed by Alex Deuben, The Rumpus, July 2017 (https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2018/may/six-poems-mahtem-shiferraw)
Mahtem Shiferraw reads and discusses “Origins and Intersections” in an interview with Lisa Grove of Poetry. LA, September 2016 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4UYF0n-eA)
“White is a Color, Black is an Art, an interview with Mahtem Shiferraw,” interviewed by Tiah Beautement, Short Story Day Africa, May 2016 (http://shortstorydayafrica.org/news/white-is-a-colour-black-is-art-an-interview-with-mahtem-shiferraw)
Adam Tavel, Review of Fuchsia, in Plume Poetry Issue #61, August 2016 (https://plumepoetry.com/book-review-mahtem-shiferraw/) - Poet Website
- https://www.mahtem-shiferraw.com/
