Morgan Parker (writer)

Morgan Parker (born December 19, 1987) is an American poet, novelist, and editor. She is the author of poetry collections Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night (Switchback Books, 2015),[1] There are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé (Tin House Books, 2017),[2] and Magical Negro (Tin House Books, 2019) which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is also author of the young adult novel, Who Put This Song On (Delacorte Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2019).

Morgan Parker
Parker at the 2017 Texas Book Festival.
BornDecember 19, 1987
OccupationPoet; editor; novelist
NationalityUnited States
Notable worksThere Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé

Education

Parker completed her Bachelors in Anthropology and Creative Writing at Columbia University[3] and her MFA in poetry at New York University.[4]

Career

Parker previously served as editor at Amazon Publishing's Little A and Day One. She has taught creative writing at Columbia University, co-curates the Poets With Attitude (PWA) reading series with Tommy Pico, is the creator and host of Reparations, Live! at the Ace Hotel in New York,[5] and is a member of The Other Black Girl Collective[6] with poet and performer Angel Nafis.[7]

Her poetry has been featured in publications including The Awl, Poetry Foundation,[8] Tin House, and others. Her work was also included in Why I Am Not A Painter (Argos Books), The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, Black Girl Magic: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2 and Best American Poetry 2016.

In December 2015, she was Poetry Foundation's featured blogger.[9]

Personal life

Parker was born and raised in Southern California before attending school in New York. She moved back to Southern California in 2017.

Awards and honors

Bibliography

This is a partial list of Parker's publications.

  • Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night, Switchback Books, 2015
  • There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé, Tin House Books, 2017
  • Magical Negro, Tin House Books, 2019
  • Who Put This Song On?, Delacorte Press, 2019

Cover Art

Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night features an adaptation of work by Sam Vernon. The first U.S. edition of There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé features commissioned artwork by Mickalene Thomas. The second edition features the photo Portrait of a Woman Fallen from Grace, 1987 by Carrie Mae Weems.[15] Carrie Mae Weems

Selected List of Published Poems
Title Year Publication/Anthology Reprinted/Collected
Magical Negro #217: Diana Ross Finishing a Rib in Alabama, 1990s 2018 Black Girl Magic (The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2) Haymarket Books, 1st ed. 18. Magical Negro
Magical Negro #607: Gladys Knight on the 200th Episode of The Jeffersons 2018 Black Girl Magic (The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2) Haymarket Books, 1st ed. 54. Magical Negro
Magical Negro #80: Brooklyn 2018 Black Girl Magic (The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2) Haymarket Books, 1st ed. 79. Magical Negro
Let Me Handle My Business, Damn 2015 Poetry Magazine, April 2015 There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé; The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 1
Everything Will Be Taken Away after Adrian Piper Paper Bag Online Literary Arts Journal Issue No. 8[16] Best American Poetry 2016; Magical Negro
The Gospel of Jesus' Wife Paper Bag Online Literary Arts Journal Issue No. 8 There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
Ode to Fried Chicken's Guest Appearance on Scandal (Alternate Title: Poem for Fried Chicken on Scandal) Paper Bag Online Literary Arts Journal Issue No. 8 Magical Negro

References
  1. "Other People's Comfort Keeps Me up at Night - Switchback Books". switchbackbooks.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  2. "Home | Tin House". Tin House. Archived from the original on 2017-05-21. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. About Morgan Parker.
  4. https://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/02/morgan-parker-beyoncé-poetry
  5. "From the Stacks: Morgan Parker & Tommy Pico". Poetry Center. 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  6. Collective, The Other Black Girl. "The Other Black Girl Collective". The Other Black Girl Collective. Archived from the original on 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  7. Isokawa, Dana (15 December 2015). "Fractures Through Time: Our Eleventh Annual Look at Debut Poets". Poets & Writers. Poets & Writers Inc. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  8. "Let Me Handle My Business, Damn by Morgan Parker". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Magazine. 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2017-07-17.CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. "Poets & Writers Looks at 2015 Debut Poetry Collections by Harriet Staff". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2017-07-17.CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. "Fellows". Cave Canem. Cave Canem Foundation. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  11. "Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night". Switchback Books. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  12. Pushcart Prize XL Best of the Small Presses 2016. OCLC 927405014.
  13. "NEA Fellowship List 2017". www.arts.gov. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  14. Beth Parker (March 12, 2020). "Announcing the 2019 Award Winners". bookcritics.org. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  15. "There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé Preview" (PDF). Tin House. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  16. "Paper Bag Issue No. 8". Paper Bag. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
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