Diannely Antigua
Diannely Antigua is a Dominican American poet and educator from Massachusetts. She has published two books of poetry and teaches at the University of New Hampshire, where she is the first Nossrat Yassini Poet in Residence.[1]
Early life
[edit]As a child, Antigua spent time in shelters after her mother left her abusive father. She then experienced abuse at the hands of her stepfather. When she was nine years old, her family joined a Pentecostal church that Antigua has described as cult-like.[2]
Education
[edit]Antigua graduated from Northern Essex Community College in 2009 with an Associate's Degree in Liberal Arts.[3] She went on to attend the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she received a Bachelor's of Arts degree in English in 2012, as well as the Jack Kerouac Creative Writing Scholarship.[4] She credits professors Maggie Dietz and Andre Dubus III for supporting her work while she was there.[5]
Antigua attended New York University's Creative Writing program and received her Master of Fine Arts in 2017.[6]
Career
[edit]Antigua was named the Poet Laureate of the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 2022, becoming the first person of color and youngest poet to do so.[7] During her tenure she hosted a podcast as part of her Bread & Roses project, which ran from June 2022 to May 2024.[8] In 2023, she received a Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets.[9]
Notable works
[edit]Antigua published her first book of poems, Ugly Music, in 2019.[10] It won the YesYes Books Pamet River Prize in 2017 and the Whiting Award in Poetry in 2020.[11] Copper Canyon Books published her second collection, Good Monster, in 2024.[12]
Multiple poems by Antigua have been anthologized. Her poem "Golden Shovel with Solstice: after Gwendolyn Brooks and Terrance Hayes" was published in the anthology Latino Poetry by the Library of America in 2024.[13] Secondly, "Sad Girl Sonnet #10" appeared in Daughters of Latin America: an international anthology of writing by Latine women.[14]
Her poems have appeared in online publications including Split Lip Mag, Bennington Review, Waxwing Literary Magazine, Brink Literary Journal, The Best of the Net Anthology, and The Adroit Journal.[15][16][17][18][19][20]
Awards
[edit]Antigua received the 2024 Excellence in Artistry Award from the Black Lives Matter New Hampshire chapter.[21] She has also received a fellowship from CantoMundo.[22]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival". Nossrat Yassini Poetry Festival. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ Laurent, Suzanne (2023-11-13). "Portsmouth's Poet Laureate Diannely Antigua". New Hampshire Magazine. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ Northern Essex Community College (2019-09-19). "NECC Alumna to Visit "Home" With her Book - Northern Essex". Newsroom - Northern Essex Community College. Archived from the original on 2025-01-25. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "Alumni | UMass Lowell". www.uml.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "Diannely Antigua | UMass Lowell".
- ^ Poets, Academy of American. "Diannely Antigua". poets.org. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "Portsmouth Herald Subscription Offers, Specials, and Discounts". subscribe.seacoastonline.com. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "Bread & Poetry". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ Poets, Academy of American (2024-08-07). "Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships". poets.org. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ Antigua, D. (2019). Ugly Music. YesYes Books.
- ^ "Diannely Antigua | Whiting Foundation". www.whiting.org. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "REVIEWS — RHINO — Good Monster by Diannely Antigua - Reviewed by Emily Pérez". RHINO. 2024-07-28. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ^ González, R. (Ed.). (2024) Latino Poetry: the Library of America anthology The Library of America.
- ^ Sandra Guzmán, editor. Daughters of Latin America: an international anthology of writing by Latine women. Amistad, 2023.
- ^ "I'M ALMOST 30". Split Lip Magazine. 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "Diannely Antigua-Diary Entry #1: Testimony". Bennington Review. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "Another Poem About God but Really, It's About Me | Diannely Antigua". waxwingmag.org. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ nina0834 (2022-03-25). "Three Poems by Diannely Antigua". BRINK | |. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Poetry – Best of the Net". Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "You searched for diannely antigua - The Adroit Journal". 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "2024 BLM NH Excellence Awards". BLM New Hampshire. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
- ^ "CantoMundo | CantoMundistas". CANTOMUNDO v.2. Retrieved 2025-05-03.
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