M Nourbese Philip
M. NourbeSe Philip is a poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, and former lawyer who lives in Toronto, Ontario. She is a Fellow of the Guggenheim and Rockefeller (Bellagio) Foundations and of MacDowell Colony. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Casa de las Américas Prize (Cuba). Among her best-known works are: She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks, Looking for Livingstone: An Odyssey of Silence, and Zong!, a genre-breaking poem that engages with ideas of the law,...See more
M. NourbeSe Philip is a poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, and former lawyer who lives in Toronto, Ontario. She is a Fellow of the Guggenheim and Rockefeller (Bellagio) Foundations and of MacDowell Colony. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Casa de las Américas Prize (Cuba). Among her best-known works are: She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks, Looking for Livingstone: An Odyssey of Silence, and Zong!, a genre-breaking poem that engages with ideas of the law, history, and memory as they relate to the transatlantic slave trade. See less
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