Morgan Parker

Morgan Parker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Literature at Swarthmore College. Her contact email is mparker4@swarthmore.edu.

• Affiliation: Department of English Literature, Swarthmore College

She is a celebrated author of five books, including the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poetry collection Magical Negro and the essay collection You Get What You Pay For. Her work spans poetry, young adult literature, and cultural commentary, featured in publications like The Paris Review, The New York Review of Books, and Common albums.

• Scientific Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, Pushcart Prize, Cave Canem Graduate Fellow

The New York Times has praised her as a "dynamic craftsperson" and "considerable consequence to American poetry."