Akua Lezli Hope is an African-American artist, poet and writer. New Yorker third generation, he was born in Manhattan and grew up in the South Bronx and Queens. He has degrees from Williams College and Columbia University in psychology, journalism, and business. Akua is a talented woman with diverse interests including music. He also sings and plays saxophone.
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Artist
He has twice won Artist Friendship from the New York Foundation for the Arts (1987, 2003). His expertise is handmade paper making and crochet design. He has published over 125 crochet patterns and is a fan of free form crochet. Akua Lezli Hope also created sculptures, objects and jewelery in glass, paper and fiber. In the glass he blends, throws and flameworks.
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Poet
The collection, Embouchure, Poetry on Jazz and Other Musics, was published by ArtFarm Press in 1995. It won the Writer's Digest Award book poetry award 1995 . His work has appeared in numerous literary magazines and in several anthologies, including:
- Sisterfire , a fictional anthology and Black Womanist (HarperPerennial) poem
- Erotique Noire/Black Erotica (Doubleday/Anchor)
- Confirm , an anthology of African-American female writers (Quill/Morrow).
He is a founding member of the Black Writers Union and the New Renaissance Writers Guild. He is the Area Coordinator for Amnesty International.
Writer
Hope won a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and Ragdale U. S. - Africa Fellowship. She has provided more than 100 readings for spectators at colleges, prisons, parks, museums, restaurants and bars. He is a founding member of the Black Writers Union and his New Renaissance Writers Guild whose alums include Baron James Ashanti, Doris Jean Austin, Arthur Flowers and Terry McMillan ( Waiting for Exhaling , How Stella Got Back Ground i>).
A lifelong science fiction enthusiast, his poetry sf was published in Asimov's science fiction magazine, and many others. The story, The Becoming is included in the Dark Matter: The Anthology of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction by Black Writers - named the famous New York Times book, as it is the first anthology of science fiction and fantasy by Black Writers.
Akua is the Area Coordinator for Amnesty International USA in the South Tier of New York and also serves on the Amnesty Cultural Diversity Resource Group. She serves as a staff member of the African American Resource Forum and is Chairman of the Section Book and Author's Section at the African American Cultural Forum and the African American Verses section of the Poetry Forum on Compuserve Information Services.
Awards and Awards
- Iron Horse Review, winner of Photofinish contest, 2016.
- Medium Yes, semifinalist, Quills Edge Press
- Publishing Red Bryant-Lysembee Editor's Prize, 2015
- Short Poem Winner, Science Fiction Poetry Association, 2015
- Finalist, Washington Prize Poetry Competition, 2015
- The Walker Foundation Scholarship to Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, 2005
- Canem Fellow Cave, 2002-2004
- Two Winning Votes/Two Pages, Geva Theater 2004
- The New York Foundation for Art Poetry Friendship, 2003
- Crossroads Grant Artist, The Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes, 2003
- Recipient of the Award in the annual competition of Unentimant Writer Poems, 2002
- Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (2000) edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling:
for "The Being" Dark Matter: A Speculative Fictionary Century from the African Diaspora
- Artist-in-Residence, Women's Studio Workshop, 2001
- Fellowship, Hurston-Wright Writers' Week, 2001
- Poet-In-Residence, Chautauqua Institution, 1997
- Writer's Digest Book Awards, 1996
- Ragdale U.S.-Africa Fellowship, 1993
- Finalist, 1991 Open Voice competition
- National Endowment of Arts Writing Fellowship, 1990
- Finalist, Barnard New Women Poets Series -1990
- Finalist, MacDonald's Black Literary Award Award, 1989
- The New York Foundation for Art Poetry Friendship, 1987
- Finalist, Walt Whitman Award, Spring 1983
- Sterling Brown Award, Williams College, Spring 1975
Bibiliography
Latest publications
THEM GONE, June 1, 2018, VERB, ISBN 978-1-944585-25-9
"Memorial", puisi, New Verse News, Mei, 2018 https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2018/05/memorial.html
"AGAIN, A GUN", puisi, New Verse News, 11 April 2018 https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2018/04/again-gun.html
"The Kids Are Alright", puisi, New Verse News, 1 Maret 2018 https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-kids-are-and-all-right-alright.html
"His Seed", "How I loved It", puisi, Starline 41.1, Winter 2018, SFPA
"near visible realms," poetry, Scifaikuest NOVEMBER 2017 edition of PRINT, http://store.albanlake.com/product/scifaikuest-58/
"INK", puisi, Rhysling Anthology 2016, 2017, ISBNÂ 978-1544713403
"Slow Drag", puisi, Riddled with Arrows, 20 Juni 2017, ed. oleh Shannon Connor Winward, http://www.riddledwitharrows.com/riddled-with-arrows-issue-1-2toc/poetry/#Drag
"SKATE", short stories, Open Minds, ed. by Casia Shreyer June 2017, ISBNÃ, 1988853001
"You Become a Non-Safe Land," poetry, Breath and Shadow, Spring 2017, ed. By Chris Kuell, https://www.abilitymaine.org/spring-2017-issue
"Mommy Arias," puisi, 29 April, NationalPoetryMonth.ca (AngelHousePress, 2017), http://nationalpoetrymonth.ca/
"Who," poetry, New Verse News www.newversenews.com Monday, April 10, 2017 https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2017/04/who.html
"Old Flame," puisi, Sexuality Anthology, Ed oleh Michael Czarnecki, The Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes/Foothills Press, Maret, 2017, http://foothillspublishing.com/2017/sexuality.html
"Cassandra," poetry, Andromeda Spaceways # 66 March, 2017, http://andromedaspaceways.com/shop/asm-66/
"DRAGON," puisi, Faerie Magazine, Spring 2017 Mary McMyne, editor puisi, https://faeriemagazine.com/
"Fixing the Face", "Tax Time Limit", "Reminiscence", Poetry, Revising Psalms: Working to Celebrate Writing Gwendolyn Brooks, ed. by Sandra Jackson Opoku and Quraysh Lansana, February 2017, ISBN 978-1940430867, http://www.curbsidesplendor.com/books/revise-the-psalm-work-celebrating-the-writing-of-gwendolyn-brooks
"River Road," poetry, The Fourth River, the MFA program in Creative Writing at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 8, 2017, http://www.thefourthriver.com/index.php/2017/02/tributaries-
"Routine", "I'm Flying Into Your Disdainism", and "Dentist Visits," Poetry, Best of Breath and Shadow Anthology, December 2016, ISBN 978-1541266407
"Resignation", poetry, The Font Journal Volume II 2016 http://thefontjournal.com/poetry-on-resignation/
"Warning", winner's poem, Ironhorse Review, Photofinish Contest winner December 31, 2016, https://www.ironhorsereview.com/photofinish?lightbox=dataItem-j3rfyemd/https://issuu.com/ironhorsereview/docs/photo_finish_2016_final_interior
"Betty Carter", poetry, The Poeming Pigeon: poetry on music, Vol 2. 2, November 2016 http://www.thepoetrybox.com/_DetailPagesBookstore/TPP-MusicOrderPage.html
"Ink", poetry, Overview of the Yellow Chair, Horror Problems, October 2016, http://www.yellowchairreview.com/horror2016
"Mysticeti", puisi, Eye to the Telescope # 22, The Science Fiction, Jurnal Online Puisi Spekulatif, 15 Oktober 2016, Hantu ed. oleh Shannon Connor Winward, http://eyetothetelescope.com/archives/022issue.html
"Before Us", puisi, The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop, ed. oleh Diane Lockward diterbitkan oleh Terrapin Books, September, 2016, http://www.terrapinbooks.com/the-crafty-poet-ii-a-portable-workshop.html
"Standing Rock Resistance", puisi, The New Verse News, 22 September 2016 https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2016/09/standing-rock-resistance.html
"My PTSD or 558 and growing", poetry, The New Verse News 7/25/2016Ã, https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2016/07/my-ptsed-or-558-and-still-counting. html
"Health Care", poetry, Close Encounters with Self Femininity Alone http://onesownfemininity.com/2016/07/09/303/
"Domesstick", poetry, Rock the Chair Winner, Yellow Chair, June 12, 2016 http://www.yellowchairreview.com/single-post/2016/06/12/Domesstick
"4 70", puisi, The News Verse News, 8 Juni 2016, http://www.newversenews.com/https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2016/06/4-70.html
Winners of "Threatened", Poetry, Rattle, Poet, Merciful, June 5, 2016, http://www.rattle.com/endangered-by-akua-lezli-hope/
"Komagatu Maru", puisi, The News Verse News, 26 Mei 2016 http://www.newversenews.blogspot.com/2016/05/komagatu-maru.html
"Sisko", poetry, The Cossack Reviews No. 6, April 2016 http://www.thecossackreview.com/blog/2016/04/04/interview-with-akua-lezli-hope/
"Carriage", puisi, The Doll Collection, Terrapin Books, ed. oleh Diane Lockward, Spring 2016, ISBNÂ 978-0996987103 http://www.terrapinbooks.com/the-doll-collection.html
"Eating Verse", poetry, Weird Horizons, April 2016 http://strangehorizons.com/2016/20160411/hope-p.shtml
"Lost Streets", poetry, Silver Blade, Winter 2016 http://www2.silverblade.net/2016/02/lost-streets/February 23, 2016
"Departure", microfiction, Tiny Text, February 22, 2016 https://twitter.com/Tiny_Text/status/701913131291774977
"Incubation", microfiction, Tiny Text, January 25, 2016 https://twitter.com/Tiny_Text/status/691780108709789697
"Noragami", poetry, Eye to the Telescope, January 15, 2016 http://eyetothetelescope.com/archives/019issue.html
"Mouse Song", "Waking Daddy", "Hubble 25", poetry, Giroscope Review, January 1, 2016 http://www.gyroscopereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ISSUE-16-1. pdf
Interview
The Goddess Hour 2018 (radio) https://wayofm.org/shows/episodes/04262018-1
Ulasan Cossack 2016 http://www.thecossackreview.com/blog/2016/04/04/interview-with-akua-lezli-hope/
Crochet Design https://crochetbydarleenhopkins.com/2016/11/27/crochet-designer-interview-akua-lezli-hope/
Health
In 2005 he suffered from transverse myelitis, a rare idiopathic autoimmune disease, and became paralyzed.
References
- Art Farm
- Akua Lezli Hope
- AkuaDesign
- Leading African Americans: Past & amp; Comes
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