Ep. 18 Keisha-Gaye Anderson Talks A Spell for Living

Ep. 18 DuEwa interviewed Keisha-Gaye Anderson @keishagayeanderson on for a #FocusedFriday edition of the #podcast.
Keisha discussed her latest book A Spell for Living, her background in journalism, her love for the Brooklyn-arts scene, and her writing life.

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BIO
Keisha-Gaye Anderson is a Jamaican-born poet, writer, visual artist, and media professional based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the author of Gathering the Waters (Jamii Publishing 2014), Everything Is Necessary (Willow Books 2019), and A Spell for Living, which received the Editors’ Choice recognition for the Numinous Orisons, Luminous Origin Literary Award, and is forthcoming from Agape Editions as a multimedia e-book, including music and Keisha’s original artwork. Keisha’s poetry, fiction, and essays have been widely published in national literary journals, magazines, and anthologies that include Kweli Literary Journal, Small Axe Salon, Interviewing the Caribbean, Renaissance Noire, The Caribbean Writer, The Killens Review of Arts and Letters, Mosaic Literary Magazine, and others. Keisha is a past participant of the VONA Voices and Callaloo writing workshops, a former fellow of the North Country Institute for Writers of Color, and was short-listed for the Small Axe Literary Competition. In 2018, Keisha was selected as a Brooklyn Public Library Artist in Residence. Her visual art has been featured in exhibitions in the tri-state area and in such literary journals as The Adirondack Review, Joint Literary Magazine, and No, Dear Magazine. Keisha holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from The City College, CUNY. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children. Learn more about Keisha at www.keishagaye.ink.