Lorraine Rice

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Lorraine Rice writes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Her work explores themes of identity, inheritance, and nature at the intersections of history and hauntings. She is the recipient of fellowships from Cave Canem and Kimbilio. In 2019, her short story “Allegiance” won the Scoundrel Time Editors’ Choice Award in Fiction and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The Writer’s Foundry at St. Joseph’s University, NY. Originally from South Carolina and Virginia, Rice currently lives in Philadelphia with her family.

Poems

“It's Always Black Friday,” “Family History in Abstract VIII,” “Ancestral Invocation I,” “Abecedarian for Recorded Loss,” and “Wissahickon Prescription” - The American Poetry Review“When I Look Like My Father It Makes My Mother Cry” - Philadelphia Stories

Stories

“Crepuscular Hour” collected in midnight & indigo: Eighteen Speculative Stories by Black Women Writers, Vol III“The Baby Factory” - Witness Magazine“Instants” - swamp pink“Allegiance” - Scoundrel Time

Essays

“Reading Zelda” - Literary Mama“The Sex Goddess and the Mama” collected in Who’s Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers, Soft Skull Press