Porsha Olayiwola

Porsha Olayiwola is an American poet.[1][2] In 2019 she was appointed the Poet laureate of Boston.[3][4] Her first poetry collection, i shimmer sometimes, too was released in 2019.[4][5] In 2020 her work was included in the exhibition Women Take the Floor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[6][7]

She is the 2014 individual World Poetry Slam champion and the 2015 National Poetry Slam champion.[8][2]

References
  1. "Porsha Olayiwola is Reimagining What Poetry Can be".
  2. "Community and Social Justice in Spoken Word - the Heights". 25 February 2019.
  3. "Meet Porsha Olayiwola, Boston's new poet laureate - the Boston Globe".
  4. https://www.wbur.org/artery/2019/11/18/porsha-olayiwola-i-shimmer-sometimes-too
  5. "With her debut collection, Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola shimmers sometimes, too". 19 February 2020.
  6. McShane, Julianne (12 March 2020). "Women's Art is Every Kind of Art". The New York Times.
  7. "Seven-Gallery 'Takeover' of Art by Women at MFA Boston Marks 100th Anniversary of U.S. Women's Suffrage Amendment".
  8. "Porsha Olayiwola". 16 January 2019.


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