Awards
Poetry Winner of the 2021 Vermont Book Awards
Diode Editions 2020 Full-Length Book Contest Winner for GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA: Dreamin of Mama While Trying to Speak Woman in Woke Tongues
2020 recipient of the Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts award
Features,
Criticisms, Interviews, and More!
A Conversation Between Shanta Lee and Diana Whitney The Adroit Journal
Metamorphoses: “Erysichthon” by Ovid and “Erysichthon’s Seed” by Shanta LeeRace, Class, Gender, and the Imperial Body Poetry Foundation
On Hunger and Silence: A Conversation Between Jessica Cuello
and Shanta Lee Harbor Review
Architecture of Absence: An Exploration of What's Missing Across Culinary, Literary, and Visual Arts Art New England
(Poems) Fever Dreams of a Feral (I), How to Reverse a Conjure (for Remus) and Poisonwell Diaries: Psalms of the Ossuary ITERANT Literary Magazine
The Breasts, The Spork & The Butterfly Woman Carve Magazine
Museums: The 21st Century's Contact Zones Art New England
Seeing...the Unseen and In-Between within Vermont's Landscape
Vermont Public * A series I created and produced for Vermont Public dedicated to the intersection of culture, place, people, and stories within Vermont.
Radicle: An Interview with Fred D’Aguiar The Maine Review
Reflection: Not separate from, but a part of ... the world of John Cleaveland’s landscapes Vermont Public Radio
A Room of Her Own: The Bounds of Desire and Human Capacity
with Shin Yu Pai Ms. Magazine
Reflection: On Dona Ann McAdams’ 'Performative Acts,' And How The Camera Can Create Intimacy Vermont Public Radio
Reflection: On Kenny Rivero's Exhibition 'Palm Oil, Rum, Honey, Yellow Flowers' Vermont Public Radio
A Review of You Don’t Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves Literary Mama
To nurture our creatives, we need a diverse, equitable environment
VT Digger Commentary
Intersectional Voices for a New Generation: How A New Young Adult Anthology in Verse Continues a Conversation Started Decades Ago
The Massachusetts Review
What Must One Be Willing to Give In Order to Become?
Film Review forThe Brattleboro Reformer
Rooms Of Their Own: Working, Playing, And Creating During A Pandemic
Vermont Public Radio
How can we heal in a society when there is no time or place to rest? PRISM
Trying to Speak Woman in My Own Tongue and Black Book of Creation
ITERANT Literary Magazine
What Cuties, WAP and 'Naked Athena' Really Say About Sexuality In American Culture BLAVITY
We must explore the real ways in which bodies inevitably exist within constructed meanings of desire and danger.
(Poem) The place in another universe teaching us our lost adolescence in a new alphabet Palette Poetry
August 19, 2010 Past Ten
Did you ever have a day in your life that turns out not to be as random as the rest, but you did not know it yet? This is a reflection piece about such a day in my life ten years ago.
Whitesplaining BLAVITY
The Conversation About White Progressive Liberal Racism That We Aren’t Having
Black Lives Matter...But For How Long? DAME Magazine
While every industry is rushing to make a “solidarity” statement to acknowledge institutionalized racism, what kind of change will it take to ensure the value of Black lives forever?
PBS American Portrait: A National Storytelling Project
Public Television* Network My audio and visual poem about bearing witness in this moment.
Rebels With a Cause: What History's Forgotten Black Women Teach Us About Ourselves Ms. Magazine
The Enduring Mythology of Public Space The Crisis Magazine
Insiders: Windham County at its heart Vermont Arts & Living
'Southern Vermont is like a matryoshka doll: there was always more to appreciate beneath the surface.’
Not a word, but an action The Commons
Let’sShow Off Our Stuff: Windham County Arts as an Invitation to Visitors Editorial for Southern Vermont Arts & Living
TheSociety of Alice: You Are Your Own White Rabbit Rebelle Society
A Name Is Just A Name? Broadening Our Understanding of Black Names The Commons
Remember When Everything Felt Like The End Of The World? Well, It’s Still Here, But Different Rebelle Society
My Hair, My Self Ms. Magazine
An Open Letter to My Former Younger Self Rebelle Society
On Passing, the Performance of Blackness and the Rachel Dolezals I Know Ms.Magazine
Investigative Journalism
Special Focus: Flying Signs The Commons
Brattleboro’s tensions over panhandling bring to the surface discussions about how to share the streets with people in need — and how to balance compassion, safety, and community in the process
Special Focus: Urban drug culture brings a host of ‘isolated incidents’ The Commons
"A steady stream of drugs comes from Hartford and New York to users along the I-91 corridor, thanks to the opioid crisis. A community was unprepared for the violence that moved in."
Special Focus: #ThemToo The Commons
"Last December, more than 50 women weighed in on a Facebook discussion, and many claimed injury and inappropriate conduct by a Brattleboro yoga instructor. When #MeToo hits a small town, nobody is left unscathed."
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Trying to Speak Woman in My Own Tongue and Black Book of Creation featured on Jazz Ready, a podcast by award winning artist Magdalena Gomez
Woman Untitled Performance at Sobo Studio in Brattleboro, VT
Dear Creative One Created for a special project