Vievee Francis

Vievee Francis is an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. She earned her MFA from the University of Michigan in 2009 and has held residencies and teaching roles at institutions such as the University of Michigan (Alice Lloyd Scholars Program) and the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop (USA, UK, Barbados).

• Books: Blue-Tail Fly (2006), Horse in the Dark (2016), Forest Primeval (2017)
• Awards: Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award (2009), Kresge Fellowship (2010), Hurston Wright Legacy Award (2017), Kingsley-Tufts Poetry Award (2017)

Her work, featured in Poetry, Best American Poetry, and Aangles of Ascent, explores themes in contemporary African American poetry and cultural identity. She also serves as an associate editor for Callaloo and participates in Cave Canem workshops.