Desiree C. Bailey
Trindadian-American Poet
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Desiree C. Bailey is a Trinidadian-American poet and 2020 winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition.[1] She teaches poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[2]
Desiree C. Bailey | |
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In a 2021 National Book Foundation video | |
| Born | |
| Education | Georgetown University (BA), Brown University (MFA), New York University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Writing career | |
| Language | English |
| Notable work | What Noise Against the Cane (2021) |
| Notable awards | Yale Younger Poets Prize (2020) |
Biography
Bailey was born in Trinidad and Tobago.[3] Bailey attended Georgetown University, Brown University and New York University.[2]
Bailey's manuscript What Noise Against the Cane was selected by series judge Carl Phillips as the winner of the 2020 Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition[1] and published in 2021.[4] What Noise Against the Cane was also a finalist for the 2022 Kate Tufts Discovery Award,[5] the 2022 T.S. Eliot Four Quartets Prize,[6] and the 2021 National Book Award for Poetry,[7] as well as being named one of the "Best Books of 2021" by the New York Public Library.[8] Bailey was a James Merrill House Fellow in 2021.[9]
Works
- What Noise Against the Cane, New Haven, Connecticut; London: Yale University Press, 2021. ISBN 9780300256536