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Anjail RASHIDA Ahmad
Award Winning Poet, Educator and Activist
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Anjail
Rashida Ahmad is the author of two collections of poetry: the color of memory and necessary
kindling which was a finalist in the Binghamton University Milt Kessler
book competition. Her poems have
appeared widely in journals and other periodicals.
- “Her poems traverse ancestry and personal myth; expand into widening circles of jazz music,… Realness and revelation….” Holly S. Pauj
“Her work takes us beyond the boundaries of mere observation or fact. Lyrical in tone and narrative in content….we are drawn to her work by reveling in her metaphorical images that reach to the center of her poetic vision.” ~~Pinkie Gordon Lane, Former Poet Laureate, Louisiana
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I am the culmination of ancestral
dreams;
I am the best story I could ever
hope to hear;
I am alive; my life matters;
let
me share my truth—
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“I
believe in the power of and the necessity for ordinary, everyday people (who
often live extraordinary lives) to tell their stories, speak their truths,
value their experiences and share that which makes us whole. This life
transforming necessity propels me to share my poems and stories because when we
do not own or value the validity of our own lives, our stories and our places
in the historical record, we will suffer at the hands of those who usurp this
power.”
~~Anjail
Rashida Ahmad
Award-winning
poet, educator and activist, Dr. Anjail Rashida Ahmad engages audiences of all
ages with poetry as performance, self-Discovery and positive
transformation. Her poetry and programs
celebrate family stories, Uncover the lost stories of heroes and heroines, and
reclaim familial and communal traditions. As a poet who experiences blindness,
Dr. Ahmad explores the dusky realms of place, belonging and identity along the
margins where sight becomes tentative and a renewed sense of vision extends
into possibility.
Contact
Information:
Anjail
RASHIDA Ahmad, PhD,
Founder and Artistic Director
The Fractured Writer, LLC
http://www.thefracturedwriter.com
Greensboro, North Carolina 27406
Tel: (336) 253-1401
E-mail: arahmad@anjailahmad.com
Alternate
Contact Information:
Dr.
Anjail RASHIDA Ahmad,
Director and Associate Professor
The Creative Writing Program, A-427
North Carolina A&T
State University
Greensboro, NC 27411
Tel: (336) 334-7772, ext. 2370
E-mail: arahmad@ncat.edu
- This site has been made possible in part With support of the North Carolina Arts Council and the
partnering arts councils of the Central Piedmont Regional Artists Hub
Program.
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Anjail RASHIDA Ahmad. All rights reserved.
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