Aricka Foreman

Foreman is from Detroit, Michigan but currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Aside from writing and curating art, Foreman serves on the board of directors for The Offing.

Foreman's Salt Body Shimmer received the following accolades:

• Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry winner (2021){{Cite web|last=Gentes|first=Brian|date=2021-06-02|title=2021 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2021/06/2021-lambda-literary-award-winners/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602165123/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2021/06/2021-lambda-literary-award-winners/ |archive-date=2021-06-02 }}
• CLMP Firecracker Award in Poetry finalist (2021){{Cite web|title=Firecracker Awards Winners Archive|url=https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/firecracker/firecracker-awards-winners-archive/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Community of Literary Magazines and Presses|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023085108/https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/firecracker/firecracker-awards-winners-archive/ |archive-date=2020-10-23 }}
• Big Other Book Award in Poetry finalist (2020){{Cite web|last=Madera|first=John|date=2021-02-25|title=Announcing the Finalists for the 2020 Big Other Book Award for Poetry!|url=https://bigother.com/2021/02/25/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2020-big-other-book-award-for-poetry/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=BIG OTHER|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152257/https://bigother.com/2021/02/25/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2020-big-other-book-award-for-poetry/|url-status=live}}
• Big Other Reader's Choice Award finalist (2020){{Cite web|last=Madera|first=John|date=2021-03-02|title=Announcing the Finalists for the 2020 Big Other Readers' Choice Award!|url=https://bigother.com/2021/03/02/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2020-big-other-readers-choice-award-2/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=BIG OTHER|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110160619/https://bigother.com/2021/03/02/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2020-big-other-readers-choice-award-2/|url-status=live}}

Foreman has received the following fellowships:

• Cave Canem Fellowship (2008, 2010, 2012, 2020){{Cite web|title=Blog Archive » Foreman , Aricka|url=https://cavecanempoets.org/fellow/foreman-aricka/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Cave Canem|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909033940/http://cavecanempoets.org:80/fellow/foreman-aricka/ |archive-date=2018-09-09 }}
• Callaloo
• Millay Colony{{Cite web|title=Millay Colony Residents Read|url=https://cavecanempoets.org/calendar/millay-colony-residents-read-2/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Cave Canem|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826193722/http://cavecanempoets.org:80/calendar/millay-colony-residents-read-2/ |archive-date=2017-08-26 }}

• Dream with a Glass Chamber (YesYes Books, 2016)
• Salt Body Shimmer (YesYes Books, 2020)

• “Queer as Verb: 7 Trans & Non-Binary Artists Doing the Work” (2015){{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2015-11-25|title=Queer As Verb|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/queer-as-verb-7-trans-non-binary-artists-doing-the-work/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152305/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/queer-as-verb-7-trans-non-binary-artists-doing-the-work/|url-status=live}}
• "Except, All of Us" with Mimi Wong (2016){{Cite web|last1=Foreman|first1=Aricka|last2=Wong|first2=Mimi|date=2016-02-02|title=Except, All Of Us|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/except-all-of-us/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152257/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/except-all-of-us/|url-status=live}}
• “I Slay: 11 Women Artists & Writers To Get Us Into Formation” (2016){{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-03-29|title=I Slay: 11 Women Artists & Writers To Get Us Into Formation|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/i-slay-11-women-artists-writers-to-get-us-into-formation/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152259/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/i-slay-11-women-artists-writers-to-get-us-into-formation/|url-status=live}}
• “Courage in the Chasm" (2016){{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-01-19|title=Courage in the Chasm|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/courage-in-the-chasm/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152300/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/courage-in-the-chasm/|url-status=live}}
• "Marginalized and Mythological: Shanequa Gay's Disruption of the Pastoral Landscape" (2018){{Cite web|last=Gay|first=Shanequa|date=2018-02-02|title=Marginalized and Mythological|url=https://theoffingmag.com/art/marginalized-and-mythological/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152302/https://theoffingmag.com/art/marginalized-and-mythological/|url-status=live}}

• Brandon Tauzsik, Nate Marshall, Quincy T. Mills's "Tapered Throne/Bald Fade" (2015){{Cite web|last=Brandon Tauszik|date=2015-08-18|title=Tapered Throne/Bald Fade|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/tapered-thronebald-fade/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152302/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/tapered-thronebald-fade/|url-status=live}}
• E. Jane's “The Coded Body” (2015){{Cite web|last=Jane|first=E.|date=2015-07-21|title=The Coded Body|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/interview-in-fragments-with-artist-e-jane/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152304/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/interview-in-fragments-with-artist-e-jane/|url-status=live}}
• Angela Davis Fegan's “Lavender Menace: Feminist Fury and Visibility in Public Space” (2015){{Cite web|last=Fegan|first=Angela Davis|date=2015-10-27|title=Lavender Menace|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/lavender-menace/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152300/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/lavender-menace/|url-status=live}}
• Kaitlyn Greenidge and Laylah Ali's “Four Tales for Dry Land” (2016){{Cite web|last=Greenidge|first=Kaitlyn|date=2016-03-01|title=Four Tales for Dry Land|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/four-tales-for-dry-land/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152259/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/four-tales-for-dry-land/|url-status=live}}
• Krista Franklin's “History, As Written By The Victors” (2016){{Cite web|last=Franklin|first=Krista|date=2016-04-08|title=History, As Written by the Victors|url=https://theoffingmag.com/art/a-government-of-times-le-people-qui-manque/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152256/https://theoffingmag.com/art/a-government-of-times-le-people-qui-manque/|url-status=live}}

• "Why Spotlight Minority Mental Health?" in The Offering (2015)
• "Let Me Get Carefree Unless It Means I Live In This Political Body And Everything Is Always On Fire Or How I Went To A Santigold Concert To Get Carefree Anyway" on Vinyl Poetry and Prose (2016){{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-08-17|title=Let Me Get Carefree Unless It Means I Live In This Political Body And Everything Is Always On Fire Or How I Went To A Santigold Concert To Get Carefree Anyway|url=http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/2016/08/let-me-get-carefree-unless-it-means-i-live-in-this-political-body-and-everything-is-always-on-fire-or-how-i-went-to-a-santigold-concert-to-get-carefree-anyway/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Vinyl Poetry and Prose|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822190800/http://vinylpoetryandprose.com:80/2016/08/let-me-get-carefree-unless-it-means-i-live-in-this-political-body-and-everything-is-always-on-fire-or-how-i-went-to-a-santigold-concert-to-get-carefree-anyway/ |archive-date=2016-08-22 }}
• "In Defense of Fast Girls Who Just Want to Dance" in Catapult (2018){{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2018-05-25|title=In Defense of Fast Girls Who Just Want to Dance|url=https://catapult.co/stories/in-defense-of-fast-girls-who-just-want-to-dance|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Catapult|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811223726/https://catapult.co/stories/in-defense-of-fast-girls-who-just-want-to-dance |archive-date=2020-08-11 }}

• "Dig" in Vinyl Poetry and Prose (2011){{Cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=May 2011|title=Dig|url=http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/volume-3/page-32/|journal=Vinyl Poetry and Prose|volume=3|pages=32}}
• "Like the Rain, Smell It Coming" in Vinyl Poetry and Prose (2011){{Cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=May 2011|title=Like the Rain, Smell It Coming|url=http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/volume-3/page-31/|journal=Vinyl Poetry and Prose|volume=3|pages=31}}
• "Made Mostly of Water" in Vinyl Poetry and Prose (2011){{Cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=May 2011|title=Made Mostly of Water|url=http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/volume-3/page-33/|journal=Vinyl Poetry and Prose|volume=3|pages=33|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2024-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907174642/https://vinylpoetryandprose.com/volume-3/page-33/|url-status=live}}
• "Monologues in Bars By White People With Good Intentions" in The James Franco Review (2015){{Cite journal|date=2015-11-30|title=Poetry by Arika Foreman|url=https://thejamesfrancoreview.com/2015/11/30/poetry-by-aricka-foreman/|journal=The James Franco Review|issue=5|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152256/https://thejamesfrancoreview.com/2015/11/30/poetry-by-aricka-foreman/|url-status=live}}
• "I Got Mad Love" in The James Franco Review (2015)
• "Consent Is A Labyrinth of Yes" in The James Franco Review (2015)
• "go here nothing to see home" in Thrush Poetry Journal (2015){{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=September 2015|title=go here nothing to see home|url=https://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com/september-2015-aricka-foreman.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Thrush Poetry Journal|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905151234/http://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com:80/september-2015-aricka-foreman.html |archive-date=2015-09-05 }}
• "When We Say We Want Tenderness We Haven't Found A Punishment We Can Live With" in The Collagist (2016){{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-08-08|title=When We Say We Want Tenderness We Haven't Found A Punishment We Can Live With|url=http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2016/8/8/when-we-say-we-want-tenderness-we-havent-found-a-punishment.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Collagist|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152257/http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2016/8/8/when-we-say-we-want-tenderness-we-havent-found-a-punishment.html |archive-date=2022-01-10 }}
• "Still Life of Acme in Spring" in The Collagist (2016){{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-08-08|title=Still Life of Acme in Spring|url=http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2016/8/8/still-life-of-acme-in-spring.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Collagist|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110153800/http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2016/8/8/still-life-of-acme-in-spring.html |archive-date=2022-01-10 }}
• "Field Study #1" in The Shade Journal (2016){{Cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-09-28|title=Field Study #1|url=https://www.shadeliteraryarts.org/single-post/2016/09/27/FIELD-STUDEY-1-by-Aricka-Foreman|journal=The Shade Journal|publisher=Shade Literary Arts|issue=1|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2022-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111093355/https://www.shadeliteraryarts.org/single-post/2016/09/27/FIELD-STUDEY-1-by-Aricka-Foreman|url-status=live}}
• “When The Therapist Asks You To Recount, You Have to Say It” on Buzzfeed (2017){{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=January 20, 2017|title=Poem: "When The Therapist Asks You To Recount, You Have To Say It"|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/poetarickaforeman/poem-when-the-therapist-asks-you-to-recount-you-have-to-say|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030023748/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/poetarickaforeman/poem-when-the-therapist-asks-you-to-recount-you-have-to-say |archive-date=2020-10-30 }} and in Furious flower: seeding the future of African American poetry (2020){{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1104924376|title=Furious flower : seeding the future of African American poetry|publisher=Northwestern University Press|year=2020|isbn=978-0-8101-4154-4|editor-last=Gabbin|editor-first=Joanne V.|location=Evanston, Illinois|oclc=1104924376|editor-last2=Alleyne|editor-first2=Lauren K.|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2022-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109095142/http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1104924376|url-status=live}}
• "Menarche Malarkey the Beginning the End," published in Verse (2020){{Cite web|title=Salt Body Shimmer|url=https://verse.press/playlist/salt-body-shimmer-6056076026971880993#1-menarche-malarkey-the-beginning-the-end-3217353613816982606|access-date=2022-01-10|website=verse.press|archive-date=2024-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907174607/https://verse.press/playlist/salt-body-shimmer-6056076026971880993#1-menarche-malarkey-the-beginning-the-end-3217353613816982606|url-status=live}}
• "Does It Matter Who Is Your Redeemer," published in Verse (2020)
• "Mary Woodson Sets the Grits Straight," published in Verse (2020)
• "Breakbeat Aubade with Anemones and Lucky Fish," published in Verse (2020)
• “Polycystic Study of Intimacy” on Academy of American Poets' poets.org (2020){{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2020-11-20|title=Polycystic Study of Intimacy|url=https://poets.org/poem/polycystic-study-intimacy|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Academy of American Poets|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120110025/https://poets.org/poem/polycystic-study-intimacy |archive-date=2020-11-20 }}
• “Republic Americana” in Pinwheel Journal{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|title=Two Poems|url=http://pinwheeljournal.com/poets/aricka-foreman/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Pinwheel|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820124222/http://pinwheeljournal.com:80/poets/aricka-foreman/ |archive-date=2016-08-20 }}
• “Master of Your Make-Believe” in Pinwheel Journal
• "we live best/ in the spaces between two loves" in Anomaly{{Cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|title=we live best/ in the spaces between two loves|url=https://anmly.org/ap26/aricka-foreman/|journal=ANMLY|volume=26|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2024-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907174607/https://anmly.org/ap26/aricka-foreman/|url-status=live}}
• "Breakbeat Aubade with Anemones and Lucky Fish" in Anomaly

• [https://www.arickaforeman.com/ Official website]
• [https://www.instagram.com/blkfemmepoetics/ Aricka Foreman's Instagram]
• [https://twitter.com/arickamarie Aricka Foreman's Twitter]

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