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Rachel Eliza Griffiths (born 1978) is an American poet, novelist, photographer and visual artist, who is the author of five published collections of poems. In Seeing the Body (2020), she "pairs poetry with photography, exploring memory, Black womanhood, the American landscape, and rebirth." It was a nominee for the 2021 NAACP Image Award in Poetry. Biography Born in Washington, D.C., she was the eldest of four children of Michele Antoinette Pray-Griffiths and Norman Dwight Griffiths. Her father was an environmental lawyer, her mother a community organizer and former police officer. Rachel Eliza Griffiths graduated from St. Mark's High School and the University of Delaware, where she earned her undergraduate degree and her first master's degree. She received the MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She has been awarded several fellowships, including from Cave Canem Foundation, Kimbilio, Millay Colony, Vermont Studio Center, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and Yaddo. Among the many journals, periodicals and other outlets in which Griffiths has been published are The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Progressive, The Georgia Review, Gulf Coast, Callaloo, Poets & Writers, American Poetry Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Guernica, The Writer's Chronicle, Transition, American Poet, Mosaic, Indiana Review, and Ecotone Magazine. In 2011, she featured in the first poetry issue of Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine. Griffiths was the creator of the series of video interview Poets on Poetry (P.O.P), in which contemporary poets discuss poetry "in relation to individual human experience and culture". Speaking in 2015 about working in a variety of genres, she said: "I like the fluidity each genre offers me spatially, emotionally, and creatively. I can take an idea, word/fragment, or image and open it up across forms." She is the author of five collections of poems: Miracle Arrhythmia (2010), The Requited Distance (2011), Mule & Pear (2011), Lighting the Shadow (2015), and Seeing the Body (2020). Mule & Pear won the 2012 inaugural Poetry Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and Lighting the Shadow was a finalist for the 2015 Balcones Poetry Prize and for the 2016 Phillis Wheatley Book Award (Poetry category). In 2020's Seeing the Body, Griffiths uses photography as well as poetry to tell the story of her mother's death in 2014 and, as described by Guernica magazine, "brings together poetry and photography to powerful effect, providing the reader with an experience that’s both visually and emotionally arresting". For the Los Angeles Review of Books, "The result is a radiant and soulful collection." Seeing the Body was selected as one of NPR's Best Books of 2020, and was a nominee for the 2021 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry. Seeing the Body won the 2021 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry, and was also the winner of the 2021 Paterson Poetry Prize awarded by the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. Anthologies in which work by Griffiths has appeared include Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry (edited by Camille T. Dungy, 2009), New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby (2019), and The Best American Poetry 2021 (edited by Tracy K. Smith). Griffiths was chosen as poet-in-residence for 2020 at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. In February 2021, Griffiths was guest editor for the Academy of American Poets initiative Poem-a-Day. Her 2023 debut novel, Promise, was published by Random House in the US, and John Murray in the UK. It was described in Kirkus Reviews as a "stunning and evocative portrait of love, pride, and survival". The Times' reviewer said "Promise is by turns enchanting and enraging, and it left me emotionally shattered." Personal life As of 2021, Griffiths lives in New York City. In 2021, she married Indian-born, British-American novelist Sir Salman Rushdie. Bibliography Miracle Arrhythmia (Willow Books, 2010, ISBN 978-0984621200) The Requited Distance (The Sheep Meadow Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1931357913) Mule & Pear (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2011, ISBN 978-1936970018) Lighting the Shadow (Four Way Books, 2015, ISBN 978-1935536574) Seeing the Body, poetry and photography (W. W. Norton, 2020, ISBN 978-1-324-02016-5) Promise, novel (US: Random House, ISBN 9780593241929; UK: John Murray, ISBN 9781399809818, July 2023) Further reading Ron Slate, "Commentary: on Seeing The Body, poems and photographs by Rachel Eliza Griffiths", On the Seawall, July 15, 2020. References External links Official website Roxane Gay, "The Rumpus Interview with Rachel Eliza Griffiths", The Rumpus, January 12, 2012. Danielle Susi, "Dinnerview: Rachel Eliza Griffiths", Entropy, June 12, 2015. Natalie Diaz, "The PEN Ten with Rachel Eliza Griffiths", PEN America, November 17, 2015. Elaine Sexton, "Double-Consciousness: A Micro-Interview with Rachel Eliza Griffths", Tupelo Quarterly, February 14, 2017. Kevin Young, "Rachel Eliza Griffiths Reads W.S. Merwin", The New Yorker: Poetry, April 17, 2019. "Ten Questions for Rachel Eliza Griffiths", Poets & Writers, June 9. 2020. "Interview with Rachel Eliza Griffiths", Four Way Review, June 15, 2020. "Poets House Presents: Rachel Eliza Griffiths", YouTube, June 19, 2020. "Stopping by with Rachel Eliza Griffiths", Poetry Society of America, 2021. Susan Thornton Hobby, "Poetry Moment: Poems of beauty and terror with Rachel Eliza Griffiths", Hocopolitso, January 1, 2021.. Discover the Rachel Black popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Rachel Black books.
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The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance
Trisha TelepYou never forget your first time with a vampire.Whether reaquainting yourself with some of your favourite, sexy creatures of the night or getting bitten by the vampire romance phen...
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The Matter of Black Lives
Jelani Cobb & David RemnickA collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in Americaincluding work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, TaNehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and morewit...
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Three Men and a Maybe
Debbie CarbinBeth Sheridan likes her life the way it is. OK, so her job's a little dull and her social life leaves a lot to be desired. But none of that really matters because Beth is in love w...
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The Woman in the Mirror
Rebecca JamesRebecca James unveils a chilling modern gothic novel of a family consumed by the shadows and secrets of its past in The Woman in the Mirror.For more than two centuries, Winterbourn...
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Snapshot
Craig RobertsonA taut and gripping thriller from the CWA New Blood Dagger shortlisted author of Random. A series of highprofile shootings by a lone sniper leaves Glasgow terrorised and police pho...
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Witness the Dead
Craig RobertsonDon't miss WATCH HIM DIE, the next edgeofyourseat thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author, CRAIG ROBERTSON perfect for fans of Thirteen by Steve Cav...
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Fear Thy Neighbor
Fern MichaelsA thrilling new book from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of No Way Out, that fans of Nora Roberts and Rachel Caine won’t want to miss! One woman’s pictureperfect island s...
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Questions for a Dead Man
Alex GrayYour favourite Scottish detective returns in 2023 in an enthralling new mystery'Immensely exciting and atmospheric' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH 'Move over Rebus' Daily Mail 'Exciting, p...
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Girls Can Kiss Now
Jill Gutowitz“Wickedly funny and heartstoppingly vulnerable…every page twinkles with brilliance.” Refinery29Perfect for fans of Samantha Irby and Trick Mirror, a hilarious, whipsmart collection...
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The Mars Room
Rachel KushnerTIME’S #1 FICTION TITLE OF THE YEAR NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 FINALIST for the MAN BOOKER PRIZE and the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDLONGLISTED for the ANDREW CARNE...
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We Used to Live Here
Marcus KliewerThe Turn of the Key meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hitsoon to be a Netflix original movie starring Blake Livelyabout two homeowners whose lives are turned ...
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The Atmospherians
Alex McElroyBest Book of 2021 by Esquire Book You Need to Read in 2021 by Harper’s Bazaar“Darkly funny and glitteringly satirical, The Atmospherians unforgettably takes aim at wokeness, well...
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Chicks Kick Butt
Rachel Caine & Kerrie L. HughesChicks are awesomeand never more so than when they are kicking some serious vampire/werewolf/demon/monster butt.Chicks Kick Butt is an anthology that features one of the best thing...
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The Alarm of the Black Cat
Dolores HitchensThis classic mystery features a family feud, feline intervention, and the spirited septuagenarian sleuth from The Cat Saw Murder. A strange encounter with a little girl name...
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Black Dawn
Rachel CaineWith its eclectic mix of vampire and human citizens, Morganville, Texas, has always been a risky place to call home. But with the invasion of the vampire’s deadliest enemy, Morganv...
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Miss Me with That
Rachel LindsayA candid, witty, and inspiring collection of essays from The Bachelor’s first Black Bachelorette, exploring everything from relationships and love to politics and race “The B...
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The Malay Archipelago
Alfred Russel Wallace & Dr Andrew BerryOf all the extraordinary Victorian travelogues, The Malay Archipelago has a fair claim to be the greatest both as a beautiful, alarming, vivid and gripping account of some eight y...
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The Things We Thought We Knew
Mahsuda SnaithTen years ago, two girls’ lives changed forever.Now one of them is ready to tell their story.'A quirky lovable mystery and a brilliant, heartbreaking debut' Stylist'A new face of f...
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Black Privilege
Charlamagne Tha GodAn instant New York Times bestseller! Charlamagne Tha Godthe selfproclaimed “Prince of Pissing People Off,” cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, and “the most important voic...
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The Mary Shelley Club
Goldy MoldavskyNew York Timesbestselling author Goldy Moldavsky delivers a deliciously twisty YA thriller that's Scream meets Karen McManus about a mysterious club with an obsession for horror.Wh...
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We Should All Be Millionaires
Rachel RodgersAre you ready to fill your life with more peace, power, and joy?We Should All Be Millionaires details a realistic, achievable, stepbystep path to creating the support, co...
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Mercy, Unbound
Kim AntieauMercy O'Connor is becoming an angel. She can feel her wings sprouting from her shoulder blades. They itch. Sometimes she even hears them rustling. And angels don't need to eat. S...
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The Tofu Cookbook
Heather ThomasDon't know what to do with tofu? Tofu is the perfect ingredient for anyone looking to cut down on their meat consumption. It can be crisp, crunchy, soft or creamy. Its subtle flavo...
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Easy Reading
Cristina Morales & Kevin Gerry DunnAn explosive and daring novel about bodies, sex, politics and disability by the prizewinning Spanish writer Cristina MoralesÁngela, Patricia, Marga and Nati are cousins living toge...
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The Romance of Tristan
Beroul & Alan FedrickOne of the earliest extant versions of the Tristan and Yseut story, Beroul's French manuscript of The Romance of Tristan dates back to the middle of the twelfth century. It recount...
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Fervor
Toby LloydA chilling and unforgettable story of a closeknit Jewish family in London pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch.Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews ...
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The Killer Inside
Will CarverA FREE digitalonly short story from the acclaimed author of Girl 4. Included is an exclusive extract of Will Carver's new book Dead Set (out 21st November 2013).I am about to be pu...
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For All Time
Shanna MilesA Parade Magazine Best Young Adult Book of 2021“A romance for the ages…one perfect little novel.” Stacey Lee, awardwinning author of The Downstairs GirlThe Sun Is Also a Star meets...
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The Stash Plan
Laura Prepon & Elizabeth TroyFrom Laura Prepon, star of Orange Is the New Black, and integrative nutritionist Elizabeth Troy comes an exciting 21day plan combining the latest in food science with ancient dieta...
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Cold Grave
Craig Robertson'Robertson is doing for Glasgow what Rankin did for Edinburgh' Mirror1993. Scotland is in the grip of an icecold winter and the Lake of Menteith is frozen over. A young man and wom...
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The Secret Ingredient Cookbook
Kelly SenyeiThe Secret Ingredient Cookbook is filled with 125 familyfriendly recipes covering every occasion and featuring a totally unexpected ingredientbased on the author's popular Just a T...
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The Book of Eels
Patrik SvenssonPart H Is for Hawk, part The Soul of an Octopus, The Book of Eels is both a meditation on the world’s most elusive fishthe eeland a reflection on the human cond...
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The Wrong Family
Tarryn FisherFrom the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Never Never, cowritten with Colleen Hoover!From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wives comes another twisted psychol...
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Sorry for Your Trouble
Ann Marie HourihaneThe Irish do death differently.Funeral attendance is a solemn duty but it can also be a big day out, requiring sophisticated crowd control, creative parking solutions and a highen...
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Flight Risk
Cara C. PutmanBestselling author Cara Putman returns with a romantic legal thriller that will challenge the assumptions of truth tellers everywhere. Savannah Daniels has worked hard to build her...
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Watch Him Die
Craig RobertsonNOMINATED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2020 FOR SCOTTISH CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Truly difficult to put down’ Daily Mail 'Highconcept plot keeps the 'tecs and the ...
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Waylaid
Kim HarrisonWorlds collide when Rachel Morgan of The Hollows meets Peri Reed of The Drafter in this exciting new short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison.The paranorm...
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The Meet-Cute Project
Rhiannon Richardson“A sweet and honest romcom that you don’t want to miss.” Rachael Lippincott, New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets Save the D...
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The Madam
Jaime RavenMurder, loyalty, and vengeance collide in a gritty read perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.‘Orange is the New Black meets a twisted Southampton’ Molly, Amazon ...
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Identitti
Mithu Sanyal & Alta L. Price"Provocative and knotty . . . Identitti is a bracing story, one in which Sanyal refuses to give us the easy way out."Olivia Craighead, The New York TimesNivedita (a.k.a. Identitti)...
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Letters from Russia
Marquis de CustineThe Marquis de Custine's unique perspective on a vast, fascinating country in the grip of oppressive tyrannyIn 1839, encouraged by his friend Balzac, Custine set out to explore Rus...
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The Still Point
Tammy GreenwoodDance Moms meets Little Fires Everywhere in award winning author Tammy Greenwood’s addictive new novel set in the hyper cutthroat world of ballet girls and their mothers as they co...
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Echo of the Dead
Alex GrayTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES Don't miss the latest from Alex Gray. Book 20 in the Lorimer series, QUESTIONS FOR A DEAD MAN, is out now and Book 21, OUT OF DARKNESS, is avai...
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Random
Craig Robertson'Robertson is doing for Glasgow what Rankin did for Edinburgh' Mirror Glasgow is being terrorised by a serial killer the media have nicknamed The Cutter. The murders have left the ...
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The Tower
Uwe TellkampIn derelict Dresden a cultivated, middleclass family does all it can to cope amid the Communist downfall. This striking tapestry of the East German experience is told through the t...