found: The black maria, 2016:ECIP t.p. (Aracelis Girmay) data view (African American poetess; MFA from New York University; author of two poetry collections: Teeth; and, Kingdom Animalia, which won the Isabella Gardner Award and was a finalist for the NBCC Award; recipient of a 2015 Whiting Award, she has received grants and fellowships from the Jerome, Cave Canem, and Watson Foundations, as well as Civitella Ranieri and the NEA; currently teaches at Hampshire College's School for Interdisciplinary Arts and in Drew University's low residency MFA program; originally from Santa Ana, California, she splits her time between New York and Amherst, Massachusetts)