Samiya Bashir
American · b. 1970
Poetry, multimedia art, and performance
DESCRIPTION
Samiya Bashir is a poet, writer, librettist, and multimedia artist. She is the author of several poetry collections, including 'Field Theories' and 'I Hope This Helps'. A recipient of the Rome Prize in Literature and a Pushcart Prize, she has worked as an educator and was a co-founder of Fire & Ink, an organization for LGBTQ+ writers of African descent. Her work explores intersections of identity, race, gender, and the body.