Nicole Dennis-Benn
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Contents
Country
Jamaica
Birth - Death
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
Lambda Literary Award
Description
Author, notably for the books 'Here Comes the Sun' (2016, Lambda Literary Award) and 'Patsy' (2019, Lambda Literary Award). Has received fellowships from MacDowell Colony, Hedgebrook, Sewanee Writers' Conference, the Hurston/Wright Foundation, Lambda Foundation, and Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for Women Writers. Her work has appeared in ELLE Magazine, Electric Literature, Red Rock Review, Kweli Literary Journal, Mosaic, Ebony, and the Feminist Wire. Founder and Director of Stuyvesant Writing Workshop and currently teaches Writing for the City University of New York.
