{{short description|American poet, essayist and digital curator}}
'''Aricka Foreman''' is an American poet, essayist, and digital curator.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About {{!}} Contact|url=https://www.arickaforeman.com/aboutcontact|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Aricka Foreman|language=en-US}}</ref> She is the author of the books ''Dream with a Glass Chamber'' (2016) and ''Salt Body Shimmer'' (2020). Among other honors, ''Salt Body Shimmer'' won the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry.<ref name=":5" />
Foreman is from Detroit, Michigan but currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name=":0"/> Aside from writing and curating art, Foreman serves on the board of directors for ''The Offing.<ref name=":0" />''
== Awards and honors ==
=== Literary awards === Foreman's ''Salt Body Shimmer'' received the following accolades:
* Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry winner (2021)<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Gentes|first=Brian|date=2021-06-02|title=2021 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced|url=https://lambdaliterary.org/2021/06/2021-lambda-literary-award-winners/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Lambda Literary|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602165123/https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2021/06/2021-lambda-literary-award-winners/ |archive-date=2021-06-02 }}</ref> * CLMP Firecracker Award in Poetry finalist (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Firecracker Awards Winners Archive|url=https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/firecracker/firecracker-awards-winners-archive/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Community of Literary Magazines and Presses|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023085108/https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/firecracker/firecracker-awards-winners-archive/ |archive-date=2020-10-23 }}</ref> * ''Big Other'' Book Award in Poetry finalist (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Madera|first=John|date=2021-02-25|title=Announcing the Finalists for the 2020 Big Other Book Award for Poetry!|url=https://bigother.com/2021/02/25/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2020-big-other-book-award-for-poetry/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=BIG OTHER|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152257/https://bigother.com/2021/02/25/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2020-big-other-book-award-for-poetry/|url-status=live}}</ref> * ''Big Other'' Reader's Choice Award finalist (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Madera|first=John|date=2021-03-02|title=Announcing the Finalists for the 2020 Big Other Readers' Choice Award!|url=https://bigother.com/2021/03/02/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2020-big-other-readers-choice-award-2/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=BIG OTHER|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110160619/https://bigother.com/2021/03/02/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2020-big-other-readers-choice-award-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Fellowship === Foreman has received the following fellowships:
* Cave Canem Fellowship (2008, 2010, 2012, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blog Archive » Foreman , Aricka|url=https://cavecanempoets.org/fellow/foreman-aricka/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Cave Canem|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909033940/http://cavecanempoets.org:80/fellow/foreman-aricka/ |archive-date=2018-09-09 }}</ref> * Callaloo<ref name=":0"/> * Millay Colony<ref>{{Cite web|title=Millay Colony Residents Read|url=https://cavecanempoets.org/calendar/millay-colony-residents-read-2/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Cave Canem|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826193722/http://cavecanempoets.org:80/calendar/millay-colony-residents-read-2/ |archive-date=2017-08-26 }}</ref>
== Publications ==
=== Books ===
* ''Dream with a Glass Chamber'' (YesYes Books, 2016) * ''Salt Body Shimmer'' (YesYes Books, 2020)
=== Digital curation ===
==== As artist ====
* "Queer as Verb: 7 Trans & Non-Binary Artists Doing the Work" (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2015-11-25|title=Queer As Verb|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/queer-as-verb-7-trans-non-binary-artists-doing-the-work/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152305/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/queer-as-verb-7-trans-non-binary-artists-doing-the-work/|url-status=live}}</ref> * "Except, All of Us" with Mimi Wong (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Foreman|first1=Aricka|last2=Wong|first2=Mimi|date=2016-02-02|title=Except, All Of Us|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/except-all-of-us/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152257/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/except-all-of-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> * "I Slay: 11 Women Artists & Writers To Get Us Into Formation" (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-03-29|title=I Slay: 11 Women Artists & Writers To Get Us Into Formation|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/i-slay-11-women-artists-writers-to-get-us-into-formation/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152259/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/i-slay-11-women-artists-writers-to-get-us-into-formation/|url-status=live}}</ref> * "Courage in the Chasm" (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-01-19|title=Courage in the Chasm|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/courage-in-the-chasm/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152300/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/courage-in-the-chasm/|url-status=live}}</ref> * "Marginalized and Mythological: Shanequa Gay's Disruption of the Pastoral Landscape" (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gay|first=Shanequa|date=2018-02-02|title=Marginalized and Mythological|url=https://theoffingmag.com/art/marginalized-and-mythological/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152302/https://theoffingmag.com/art/marginalized-and-mythological/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==== As editor ====
* Brandon Tauzsik, Nate Marshall, Quincy T. Mills's "Tapered Throne/Bald Fade" (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brandon Tauszik|date=2015-08-18|title=Tapered Throne/Bald Fade|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/tapered-thronebald-fade/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152302/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/tapered-thronebald-fade/|url-status=live}}</ref> * E. Jane's "The Coded Body" (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jane|first=E.|date=2015-07-21|title=The Coded Body|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/interview-in-fragments-with-artist-e-jane/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152304/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/interview-in-fragments-with-artist-e-jane/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Angela Davis Fegan's "Lavender Menace: Feminist Fury and Visibility in Public Space" (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fegan|first=Angela Davis|date=2015-10-27|title=Lavender Menace|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/lavender-menace/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152300/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/lavender-menace/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Kaitlyn Greenidge and Laylah Ali's "Four Tales for Dry Land" (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greenidge|first=Kaitlyn|date=2016-03-01|title=Four Tales for Dry Land|url=https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/four-tales-for-dry-land/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152259/https://theoffingmag.com/enumerate/four-tales-for-dry-land/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Krista Franklin's "History, As Written By The Victors" (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Franklin|first=Krista|date=2016-04-08|title=History, As Written by the Victors|url=https://theoffingmag.com/art/a-government-of-times-le-people-qui-manque/|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Offing|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152256/https://theoffingmag.com/art/a-government-of-times-le-people-qui-manque/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Essays ===
* "Why Spotlight Minority Mental Health?" in ''The Offering'' (2015) * "Let Me Get Carefree Unless It Means I Live In This Political Body And Everything Is Always On Fire Or How I Went To A Santigold Concert To Get Carefree Anyway" on ''Vinyl Poetry and Prose'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-08-17|title=Let Me Get Carefree Unless It Means I Live In This Political Body And Everything Is Always On Fire Or How I Went To A Santigold Concert To Get Carefree Anyway|url=http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/2016/08/let-me-get-carefree-unless-it-means-i-live-in-this-political-body-and-everything-is-always-on-fire-or-how-i-went-to-a-santigold-concert-to-get-carefree-anyway/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Vinyl Poetry and Prose|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822190800/http://vinylpoetryandprose.com:80/2016/08/let-me-get-carefree-unless-it-means-i-live-in-this-political-body-and-everything-is-always-on-fire-or-how-i-went-to-a-santigold-concert-to-get-carefree-anyway/ |archive-date=2016-08-22 }}</ref> * "In Defense of Fast Girls Who Just Want to Dance" in ''Catapult'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2018-05-25|title=In Defense of Fast Girls Who Just Want to Dance|url=https://catapult.co/stories/in-defense-of-fast-girls-who-just-want-to-dance|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Catapult|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811223726/https://catapult.co/stories/in-defense-of-fast-girls-who-just-want-to-dance |archive-date=2020-08-11 }}</ref>
=== Select poems ===
* "Dig" in ''Vinyl Poetry and Prose'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=May 2011|title=Dig|url=http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/volume-3/page-32/|journal=Vinyl Poetry and Prose|volume=3|pages=32}}</ref> * "Like the Rain, Smell It Coming" in ''Vinyl Poetry and Prose'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=May 2011|title=Like the Rain, Smell It Coming|url=http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/volume-3/page-31/|journal=Vinyl Poetry and Prose|volume=3|pages=31}}</ref> * "Made Mostly of Water" in ''Vinyl Poetry and Prose'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=May 2011|title=Made Mostly of Water|url=http://vinylpoetryandprose.com/volume-3/page-33/|journal=Vinyl Poetry and Prose|volume=3|pages=33|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2024-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907174642/https://vinylpoetryandprose.com/volume-3/page-33/|url-status=live}}</ref> * "Monologues in Bars By White People With Good Intentions" in ''The James Franco Review'' (2015)<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|date=2015-11-30|title=Poetry by Arika Foreman|url=https://thejamesfrancoreview.com/2015/11/30/poetry-by-aricka-foreman/|journal=The James Franco Review|issue=5|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152256/https://thejamesfrancoreview.com/2015/11/30/poetry-by-aricka-foreman/|url-status=live}}</ref> * "I Got Mad Love" in ''The James Franco Review'' (2015)<ref name=":1"/> * "Consent Is A Labyrinth of Yes" in ''The James Franco Review'' (2015)<ref name=":1"/> * "go here nothing to see home" in ''Thrush Poetry Journal'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=September 2015|title=go here nothing to see home|url=https://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com/september-2015-aricka-foreman.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Thrush Poetry Journal|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905151234/http://www.thrushpoetryjournal.com:80/september-2015-aricka-foreman.html |archive-date=2015-09-05 }}</ref> * "When We Say We Want Tenderness We Haven't Found A Punishment We Can Live With" in ''The Collagist'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-08-08|title=When We Say We Want Tenderness We Haven't Found A Punishment We Can Live With|url=http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2016/8/8/when-we-say-we-want-tenderness-we-havent-found-a-punishment.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Collagist|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110152257/http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2016/8/8/when-we-say-we-want-tenderness-we-havent-found-a-punishment.html |archive-date=2022-01-10 }}</ref> * "Still Life of Acme in Spring" in ''The Collagist'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-08-08|title=Still Life of Acme in Spring|url=http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2016/8/8/still-life-of-acme-in-spring.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=The Collagist|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110153800/http://thecollagist.com/the-collagist/2016/8/8/still-life-of-acme-in-spring.html |archive-date=2022-01-10 }}</ref> * "Field Study #1" in ''The Shade Journal'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2016-09-28|title=Field Study #1|url=https://www.shadeliteraryarts.org/single-post/2016/09/27/FIELD-STUDEY-1-by-Aricka-Foreman|journal=The Shade Journal|publisher=Shade Literary Arts|issue=1|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2022-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111093355/https://www.shadeliteraryarts.org/single-post/2016/09/27/FIELD-STUDEY-1-by-Aricka-Foreman|url-status=live}}</ref> * "When The Therapist Asks You To Recount, You Have to Say It" on BuzzFeed (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=January 20, 2017|title=Poem: "When The Therapist Asks You To Recount, You Have To Say It"|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/poetarickaforeman/poem-when-the-therapist-asks-you-to-recount-you-have-to-say|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030023748/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/poetarickaforeman/poem-when-the-therapist-asks-you-to-recount-you-have-to-say |archive-date=2020-10-30 }}</ref> and in ''Furious flower: seeding the future of African American poetry'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Furious flower : seeding the future of African American poetry|publisher=Northwestern University Press|year=2020|isbn=978-0-8101-4154-4|editor-last=Gabbin|editor-first=Joanne V.|location=Evanston, Illinois|oclc=1104924376|editor-last2=Alleyne|editor-first2=Lauren K.}}</ref> * "Menarche Malarkey the Beginning the End," published in ''Verse'' (2020)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Salt Body Shimmer|url=https://verse.press/playlist/salt-body-shimmer-6056076026971880993#1-menarche-malarkey-the-beginning-the-end-3217353613816982606|access-date=2022-01-10|website=verse.press|archive-date=2024-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907174607/https://verse.press/playlist/salt-body-shimmer-6056076026971880993#1-menarche-malarkey-the-beginning-the-end-3217353613816982606|url-status=live}}</ref> * "Does It Matter Who Is Your Redeemer," published in ''Verse'' (2020)<ref name=":2"/> * "Mary Woodson Sets the Grits Straight," published in ''Verse'' (2020)<ref name=":2"/> * "Breakbeat Aubade with Anemones and Lucky Fish," published in ''Verse'' (2020)<ref name=":2"/> * "Polycystic Study of Intimacy" on Academy of American Poets' poets.org (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|date=2020-11-20|title=Polycystic Study of Intimacy|url=https://poets.org/poem/polycystic-study-intimacy|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Academy of American Poets|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120110025/https://poets.org/poem/polycystic-study-intimacy |archive-date=2020-11-20 }}</ref> * "Republic Americana" in ''Pinwheel Journal''<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|title=Two Poems|url=http://pinwheeljournal.com/poets/aricka-foreman/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Pinwheel|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820124222/http://pinwheeljournal.com:80/poets/aricka-foreman/ |archive-date=2016-08-20 }}</ref> * "Master of Your Make-Believe" in ''Pinwheel Journal<ref name=":3"/>'' * "we live best/ in the spaces between two loves" in ''Anomaly''<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Foreman|first=Aricka|title=we live best/ in the spaces between two loves|url=https://anmly.org/ap26/aricka-foreman/|journal=ANMLY|volume=26|access-date=2022-01-10|archive-date=2024-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907174607/https://anmly.org/ap26/aricka-foreman/|url-status=live}}</ref> * "Breakbeat Aubade with Anemones and Lucky Fish" in ''Anomaly''<ref name=":4"/>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.arickaforeman.com/ Official website]
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