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Anjail RASHIDA Ahmad - Award Winning Poet, Educator and Activist

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§ · “Anjail RASHIDA Ahmad's work takes us beyond the boundaries of mere observation or fact. Rather her ability to place in juxtaposition narrative content or delineation of character and the subtleties of contradiction, innuendoes, and feeling holds the attention of the reader. And so it is this..."

Pinkie Gordon Lane, Poet, Read more...

§ "Luminous is the first word I think of when I think of my friend Anjail RASHIDA Ahmad. And I have heard many other people here in Greensboro say that something happens to you when you are in Anjail's presence. It's as if her inner light fills up the space around you. And with that light there is also a comforting warmth. It is not surprising, then, that light and fire are metaphors that often show up in her award-winning poetry..."

Steve Sumerford, Assistant Director, Greensboro Public Library, Read more...

§ § The assistant professor sits behind her desk.

A boy appears in the doorway.

"Hello," he says. More question than statement.

Maria Johnson, Greensboro News and Record, Read more...

§ "I first met Dr. Anjail RASHIDA Ahmad in newsprint. As I turned the pages of the April 1, 2004, Go Triad, a Greensboro News and Record supplement, my eyes were drawn to an article entitled, ”Poetry Leads the Way,” along with Dr. Ahmad’s photograph. This black and white picture revealed a striking African American woman with cropped hair, finely chiseled..."

Carmen Redding, Workshop Attendee Read more...

§ Dr. Anjail RASHIDA Ahmad, the Creative Writing Director at A&T, had a premonition that she would lose her sight when she was 13 years old. Afraid that she would miss out on something, Ahmad says she lived her life in a hurry.
"Inwardly, I felt rushed. It made me kind of hurry up or live with more intensity."
LaToya Haggins, Aggie Register Read more...

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) 334-7771, ext. 2370

E-mail: arahmad@ncat.edu

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