Harmony Holiday is a writer, dancer, and the author of five collections of poetry including the forthcoming Maafa (May 2020). She also curates an archive of jazz and griot poetics and a related performance series. She has received the Motherwell Prize from Fence Books, a Ruth Lilly Fellowship, a NYFA fellowship, and a Schomburg Fellowship. She’s currently working on a play commissioned for LA’s 2020 biennial, and a collection of essays entitled Love Is War for Miles in addition to other writing, film, and curatorial projects.