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Center for African American Poetry and Poetics

@CAAPPoetics

CAAPP highlights, promotes, & shares the work of African American and African diasporic poets & pollinates cross-disciplinary conversation. Two A's, Two P's.

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Joy 🐎 Priest
Joy 🐎 Priest@Dalai_Mama_·
Very excited to be bringing this film to Pittsburgh in a month! The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire. Please RSVP & reserve your seats! This is a part of a weeklong curation I’ve put together for @CAAPPoetics Black Study series called “Surrealism as Tactic.” carnegieart.org/event/surreali…
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We’re thrilled to share the cover of LES PORTES by Meredith Nnoka, winner of the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize (@CAAPPoetics)! In her debut collection, Nnoka traces how harm against women and femmes takes root, recurs, and reshapes itself across generations. ‌
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The 2026 CAAPP (@CAAPPoetics) Book Prize is now open! The submission deadline is December 15th, 2025, and the winning manuscript will be published by AHP & receive a $3,000 prize. As always, submissions are free. This year's final judge is Ladan Osman (@OsmanLadan).
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Join AHP poet Jasmine Reid, winner of the 2024 CAAPP Book Prize, for the launch of her book INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m.! Jasmine and poet Douglas Kearney will read and converse at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty, then host a Q&A and book signing.
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Happy Pub Day to INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS by Jasmine Reid (@ireidjasmine), winner of the 2024 @CAAPPoetics Book Prize, selected by aracelis girmay (@aracelisxgirmay)! AHP is so honored to have published this collection; join us in celebrating Jasmine!
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Nebeolisa Okwudili
Nebeolisa Okwudili@NebeolisaO·
I'm so surprised to announce that Terminal Maladies is a finalist for the Hurston Wright Legacy Awards along with Carl Phillips and Alison Rollins !!!! So grateful to the judges! My gratitude to @CAAPPoetics , and @AutumnHousePrs House Press!!!
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🎉 We're thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize is MEREDITH NNOKA, whose manuscript LES PORTES was selected by final judge Cameron Awkward-Rich and will be published in 2026 by @AutumnHousePrs. Congrats to our Runner-Up and Finalists as well! 🥳🖤
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Nebeolisa Okwudili
Nebeolisa Okwudili@NebeolisaO·
I will be attending AWP for the first time. Looking forward to reading at this AWP off-site event with my fellow @AutumnHousePrs writers, as well as other beautiful presses, on 28th Mar. I also will be signing copies of my book at the @CAAPPoetics table. More info on that later.
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🖤 CAAPP Black Study is back next week with ECOLOGICAL DESIRE! Please join us Thursday 3/13 for our main series event (curated by @Dalai_Mama_) ft. the brilliant Phillip B. Williams, Canisia Lubrin, & Jason Allen-Paissant. FREE & OPEN to ALL. In-Person or via livestream 🌺🌿🍃
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