You could say Morgan Parker considers audience I say she peeps game. The rerelease opens with an introduction by Danez Smith: In this they also discuss the importance of spoken word and humor, where Parker's boldness gives the poems a life beyond the page, weaving between humor, pathos and collapses the distinction between the personal and political. In an interview with the London Review Bookshop upon the book rerelease, Parker discusses and reflects on her art with Rachel Long. Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night was Parker's debut collection, published in 2015, was rereleased in both the UK and US in 2021. Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night, Switchback Books, 2015 In December 2015, she was Poetry Foundation's featured blogger. Her work was also included in Why I Am Not A Painter (Argos Books), The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, Black Girl Magic: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. Her poetry has been featured in publications including The Awl, Poetry Foundation, Tin House, and others. She has taught creative writing at Columbia University, co-curates the Poets With Attitude (PWA) reading series with Tommy Pico, is the creator and host of Reparations, Live! at the Ace Hotel in New York, and is a member of The Other Black Girl Collective with poet and performer Angel Nafis. Parker previously served as editor at Amazon Publishing's Little A and Day One. Parker completed her bachelor's degree in anthropology and creative writing at Columbia University and her MFA in poetry at New York University. She is also author of the young adult novel, Who Put This Song On ( Delacorte Press, 2019). She is the author of poetry collections Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night (Switchback Books, 2015), There are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé ( Tin House Books, 2017), and Magical Negro (Tin House Books, 2019), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Morgan Parker (born December 19, 1987) is an American poet, novelist, and editor. There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
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