Tanya Shirley (born 1976) is a Jamaican poet.
Life
editTanya Shirley was born in Jamaica in 1976.[1] She attended high school in Canada before returning to Jamaica to study at the University of the West Indies, where she switched from studying social science to studying English literature.[2] She later gained an MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland.[3] She teaches in the Department of Literatures as an adjunct lecturer at UWI, Mona.[4]
Shirley's debut poetry collection, She Who Sleeps With Bones (2009), was a best-seller in Jamaica.[1]
In 2017 she married Alan Johnstone, a financial investigator.[5]
Works
edit- She who sleeps with bones. Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree, 2009.
- The merchant of feathers. Leeds: Peepal Tree, 2014.
References
edit- ^ a b Sharing the Earth: An International Environmental Justice Reader. University of Georgia Press. 15 June 2015. pp. 266–. ISBN 978-0-8203-4770-7.
- ^ Mel Cooke, Tanya Shirley - a constantly maturing poet, Jamaica Gleaner, July 24, 2011. Accessed July 11, 2020.
- ^ Kei Miller (2007). New Caribbean Poetry: An Anthology. Carcanet. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-85754-941-6.
- ^ Tanya Shirley to Launch Poetry Book, Jamaica Gleaner, December 31, 2014. Accessed July 11, 2020.
- ^ VOWS: A reservoir of laughter... let us dazzle & sparkle..., Jamaican Observer, July 3, 2017. Accessed July 11, 2020.
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