bio

​Ariana Brown is a queer Black Mexican American poet based in her hometown of San Antonio, Texas. Ariana holds a B.A. in African Diaspora Studies and Mexican American Studies from UT Austin as well as an MFA in Poetry from the University of Pittsburgh. She is the recipient of two Academy of American Poets Prizes and a 2014 national collegiate poetry slam champion. An alum of Brave New Voices, Ariana's work has been featured in PBS, Huffington Post, For Harriet, and Remezcla. 

​Ariana, who has been dubbed a "part-time curandera," has performed across the U.S. at venues such as the San Antonio Guadalupe Theater, Harvard University, Tucson Poetry Festival, and the San Francisco Opera Theatre. When she is not onstage, she is probably eating an avocado, listening to Ozuna, or validating Black girl rage in all its miraculous forms. Her work is published in Nepantla, Muzzle, African Voices, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review and ¡Manteca!: An Anthology of Afro-Latin@ Poets from Arte Público Press. Follow Ariana on Twitter and Instagram @arianathepoet.

interviews & articles

Sampsonia Way: The Spiritual Work of Poetry: An Interview with Ariana Brown
Sobremesa Podcast: Interview with Poet Ariana Brown
Bustle: Ariana Brown, Interview
We Are Mitú: Ariana Brown's "Dear White Girls In My Spanish Class"
Remezcla: Ariana Brown Wants Her Poems About Depression to Heal & Empower Black Women
Soy Texas: Ariana Brown
VIDA: Women in Literary Arts: Voices of Bettering American Poetry Volume 2 - Ariana Brown
Rivard Report: 'The Writers Desk' with Spoken Word Poet Ariana Brown
Kweli Journal: Sing the Truth with Ariana Brown
MUD: Ariana Brown, Profile
Huffington Post: Ariana Brown at the Tucson Poetry Festival
PBS: How poet Ariana Brown became the Afro-Latina role model she needed
Blavity: This poem perfectly captures feelings from a campus protest
For Harriet: Must Watch: Ariana Brown Delivers Emotional and Moving Poem on Hair and Identity
People United: Feature at Resistencia Bookstore (Audio)