Arisa White is an American poet based in

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. She is a

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fellow and author of the poetry

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s ''Disposition for Shininess'', ''Post Pardon'', and ''Black Pearl'', and the books ''Hurrah's Nest'', ''A Penny Saved,'' and ''You're the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened.''

Background and education

Arisa White was born in

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. She attended

Sarah Lawrence College Sarah Lawrence College is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York. The college models its approach to education after the Supervision system, Oxford/Cambridge system of one-on-one student-faculty tutorials. Sara ...

and received her MFA from the

University of Massachusetts, Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, i ...

Work and awards

White's published works are books ''You're the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened'' (Augury Books, 2016), ''A Penny Saved'' (Aquarius Press/Willow Books, 2012), and ''Hurrah's Nest'' (Virtual Artists Collective, 2012);

s ''Black Pearl'' (Nomadic Press, 2016), ''dear Gerald'' (self-published, 2015), ''Post Pardon'' (Mouthfeel Press, 2014), and ''Disposition for Shininess'' (Factory Hollow Press, 2008). Her work has appeared in

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''Street Lit: Representing the Urban Landscape'' (Scarecrow Press, 2013); ''Another & Another: An Anthology From the Grind Daily Writing Series'' (Bull City Press, 2012); ''Cave Canem Anthology XII: Poems 2008-2009'' (Willow Books, 2012); and ''The Woman I’ve Become: 37 Women Share Their Journeys from Toxic Relationships to Self Empowerment'' (Pixelita Press, 2012); ''Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion & Spirituality'' (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011); and ''Knocking at the Door: Poems for Approaching the Other'' (Birch Bench Press, 2011). ''Hurrah’s Nest'' was a finalist for the 2013 Wheatley Book Awards, 82nd

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, and nominated for a 44th

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. ''You’re the Most Beautiful Thing That Happened'' was nominated for the 29th

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s. Arisa's poetry was nominated for

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s in 2005, 2014, and 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Arisa Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Writers from Brooklyn Sarah Lawrence College alumni University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA Program for Poets & Writers alumni Writers from Oakland, California 21st-century American women writers American women poets 21st-century American poets Poets from New York City