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Tiphanie Yanique is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University, renowned for her award-winning novels, poetry, and short stories exploring Caribbean identity, decolonial practices, and eco-poetics.
Her research centers on character development in fiction, prose structure, poetry in archives, and decolonial creative practices, with deep engagement in Caribbean, Black Atlantic, and post-colonial literatures. She examines how creative writing interrogates history, environment, and diasporic identity through innovative narrative forms.
Yanique's publications—including Monster in the Middle (2021), Land of Love and Drowning (2014), and the poetry collection Wife (2016)—consistently explore themes of Caribbean ecology, colonial legacies, and queer narratives. Her work blends historical research with contemporary social critique, often rooted in Virgin Islands settings and diasporic experiences.
Her major honors include:
- Bocas Prize in Caribbean poetry
- Forward/Felix Dennis Prize for a First Collection
- Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Award
- Phillis Wheatley Award for Pan-African Literature
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Award
- Boston Review Prize in Fiction
- Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award
- Pushcart Prize
- Academy of American Poet's Prize
- Fulbright Scholarship (twice)
- Bocas Prize in Fiction
As an educator, Yanique received Emory's Excellence in Teaching Award and mentors students in creative writing. Her Fulbright Scholarships supported critical research on Caribbean archives and environmental narratives, while her activism includes Democracy Now! appearances and New York Times op-eds on hurricane recovery.
She actively contributes to the Virgin Islands Studies Collective, a decolonial research group focused on reimagining Caribbean archives through interdisciplinary collaboration between activists, academics, and artists.
