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bioAriana Brown is a queer Black Mexican American poet from the Southside of San Antonio, Texas. She is the author of the poetry collections We Are Owed. (Grieveland, 2021) and Sana Sana (Game Over Books, 2020). Ariana's work investigates queer Black personhood in Mexican American spaces, Black relationality and girlhood, loneliness, and care. Her debut poetry EP, LET US BE ENOUGH, is available on Bandcamp.
She holds a B.A. in African Diaspora Studies and Mexican American Studies from UT Austin, an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Pittsburgh, and is pursuing an M.L.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of North Texas. Ariana is a 2014 national collegiate poetry slam champion and owes much of her practice to Black performance communities led by Black women poets from the South. She has been writing, performing, and teaching poetry for over ten years and is currently represented by YNME Creatives. Follow Ariana on Twitter and Instagram @ArianaThePoet. |
selected interviews
The Adroit Journal: "I belong in my community": A Conversation with Ariana Brown and Mia S. Willis
The Tempest: Ariana Brown's poetry powerfully captures life as a queer person of color
Sampsonia Way: The Spiritual Work of Poetry: An Interview with 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
Huffington Post: Ariana Brown at the Tucson Poetry Festival
The Tempest: Ariana Brown's poetry powerfully captures life as a queer person of color
Sampsonia Way: The Spiritual Work of Poetry: An Interview with 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
Huffington Post: Ariana Brown at the Tucson Poetry Festival
