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ⓘ About Safiya Sinclair
It is a result of the alienating experience of the Rastafari culture that she turned to poetry. Her very first poem was published in the Jamaican Observer when she was 16 years old. Safiya moved to America in 2006 in order to attend college, first earning a BA degree from Bennington College in Vermont. She got her MFA in poetry at the University of Virginia (where she studied with Rita Dove), and her PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. “Cannibal”, a poetry collection, won the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf Award, the Phillis Wheatley Book Award, a Whiting Writers’ Award, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry, and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry.
All Book Series by Safiya Sinclair
Notes for My Body Double
Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 2007 Anthology · Paul Guest
No Confession, No Mass
Book 7 of 13 · published 2015 Anthology · Jennifer Perrine
Dear Diaspora
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2021 Anthology · Susan Nguyen
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Safiya Sinclair?
It is a result of the alienating experience of the Rastafari culture that she turned to poetry. Her very first poem was published in the Jamaican Observer when she was 16 years old. Safiya moved to America in 2006 in order to attend college, first earning a BA degree from Bennington College in Vermont.
Which Safiya Sinclair series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry series, the earliest of Safiya Sinclair's multi-book series: it opens with Notes for My Body Double (2007) and runs to 13 books across 2007–2021, ending with Dear Diaspora (2021).
How many books has Safiya Sinclair written?
Safiya Sinclair has 15 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2007 and 2023. 13 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry series with 13 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Safiya Sinclair's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Safiya Sinclair's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry (2007–2021, 13 books).
How are Safiya Sinclair's books organised into series?
This guide splits Safiya Sinclair's 15 books into 1 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry (13 books, 2007–2021).