Antoinette Brim, author of two collections of poetry "Icarus in Love" (Main Street Rag, February 2013) and "Psalm of the Sunflower" (Willow Books, 2009), is a Cave Canem Foundation fellow, a recipient of the Walker Foundation Scholarship to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and a Pushcart Prize nominee.
Her poetry and memoir has appeared in various journals and magazines including the "Tidal Basin Review," "95Notes" and "Southern Women’s Review," as well as, anthologies including "Villanelles," "44 on 44: Forty-Four African American Writers on the 44th President of the United States," "Not A Muse" and "Just Like A Girl: A Manifesta." She is an Assistant Editor of the NAACP Image Award nominated "Surviving and Thriving: 365 Facts in Black Economic History" by Dr. Julianne Malveaux.
Additionally, Brim is a former guest host of Patrick Oliver’s Literary Nation Talk Radio (KABF 88.3, Little Rock) for which she interviewed a variety of entertainers, literary figures, political pundits and community developers. A sought after speaker, editor, educator and consultant, she teaches at Capital Community College in Hartford Connecticut.
Learn more about Antoinette Brim at www.antoinettebrim.com.