ANASTACIA-RENEÉ
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Anastacia-Reneé
Poet, Playwright, Artist, & Educator
Anastacia-Reneé is an award-winning writer, interdisciplinary educator, multi-modal artist, former Seattle Civic Poet, and recent 2026 Stranger Genius in Literature.
She is the author of Afrofuturist-fiction-fantasy book, Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere (HarperCollins/Amistad) as well as the author of two full length books of experimental poetry: Side Notes from the Archivist (HarperCollins/Amistad) and (v.) (Black Ocean). Side Notes from the Archivist was named New York Public Library’s “Best Books of 2023,” and The American Library Association’s (RUSA) “Notable Books of 2024.”
Anastacia-Reneé has been featured on the PBS NewsHour Brief-But-Spectacular series and Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast—a biweekly series celebrating the global Black LGBTQ+ community by profiling diverse professionals across 28 countries and 45 professions.
She has received The Stranger’s Genius Award (Literature), and fellowships and residences from: Baldwin for the Arts, Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, The White Center, Mineral School, Ragdale, 4Culture, The Hermitage Artist Retreat and The New Orleans Writers Residency.
As a playwright, Anastacia-Reneé has written and directed: Talking with the Lorde: A Choreopoem, Not My Size, 9 Ounces, and Queer Mama Crossroads. Renee’s experimental cross-genre work can be found or is forthcoming in, The Rumpus The American Academy of Poets, Moss Lit, Logic(s), Callaloo, Blue Mountain Review, Ms. Magazine, Alta, Underbelly, Torch and others.