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jamal rashad

about

jamal rashad is an optimist when careful, a massage therapist, and poet. He is an MFA candidate at American University for poetry. He received a fellowship from The Watering Hole Poetry. His work has been featured in Cafe Con Leche, Radar Productions, and Argot Magazine. jamal uses motifs of horror and blues to interrogate the intersections of Black Queer identity. His most recent project, “Imagoes: A Queer Anthology” (LP&P) was published in July 2019.


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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

FELLOWSHIPS

2018

• The Watering Hole Poetry Fellow

PUBLICATIONS

Poetry

2019

• “Untitled”, Cafe Con Leche Journal, October 2019
• “Michael”, Outwrite Festival Anthology, August 2019
• “Imagoes” Anthology of Queer Poetry, Love Pain & Poetry Publishing, July 2019
• “Untitled” Radar Productions. Online. April 2019
• “Single Room Occupancy” Radar Productions, Online. April 2019

2018

• “12 Ways of Looking at a Nightbird” Argot Magazine, 2nd Edition. June 2018.
• “Gladys Ridge” Moon Salt Chapbook. August 2016.

2014

• “Soft Boys” Chapbook. Self Published. April 2014.

2013

• “Sun. Power. Seeds” Chapbook. Self Published. February 2013.

2012

• “Our Bodies Should Be Natural Here” Chapbook. Self Published. January 2012.
• “Breeding Oak Trees” Chapbook. Self Published. January 2012.

2011

• “The In-Between Papers” Chapbook. Self Published. January 2011.

Fiction

2018

• “Roleplay” Maji Press, Print, 2018

2014

• “Stones” Black Girl Dangerous. Online. August 2014.

Essays

2014

• “Why I Won't Be Celebrating the Repeal of DADT” Against Equality Queer Revolution, March 2014.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Love Pain & Poetry, Bethesda, MD, Editor, 2018 - present.
• Serve as editor for collective writers. Curate and edit poems for the “Imagoes” Anthology.
• African Voices Magazine, New York, NY, Fiction Editor, 2017- 2019.
• Evaluate poetry and prose submissions. Work with writers to produce the best work. Interview working artist for website features.

SELECTED READINGS & PERFORMANCES

2020

• "Black In Space" DC Pride Virtual Festival", Washington DC, May 2020
• "Black Beans: Queers In Isolation", Washington DC, May 2020

2019

• “BusBoys and Poets Feature”, Washington DC Dec 2019
• “Cave Canem Book Prize: Heed the Hollow interview with Malcolm Tariq”, Washington DC Nov 2019
• “Cafe Con Leche”, Philadelphia, PA. October 2019
• “Everywhere Alien”, Brooklyn, NY. September 2019
• “Outwrite Festival”, Washington, DC. August 2019
• “New York City Poetry Festival”, New York, NY July. 2019

2018

• “Argot 2nd Edition Launch”, Washington DC. June 2018.
• “Love Pain Poetry Open Mic” Bethesda MD. 2018
• “Bookmark Bookstore”,Oakland CA. Jan 2018.

2016

• “Sparkle Open Mic”, Washington DC. June 2016.
• “Moon Salt Release Party”, Washington D.C. April 2016.
• “Peacock Ball, Reading Series” Oakland CA. Jan 2016.

2014

• “Shameless, Queer Reading Series” Oakland CA. 2014.
• “Peacock Ball, Reading Series” Oakland CA. Jan 2014.

2013

• “Red, Reading Series” Oakland CA. 2013.
• “Peacock Ball, Reading Series” Oakland CA. Jan 2013.

2012

• “Peacock Ball, Reading Series” Oakland CA. Jan 2012.

2011

• “Peacock Ball, Reading Series” Oakland CA. March 2011.

Interviews

2020

• "Queers In Quarantine Oral History Archive" May 2020

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