Marissa Davis
Marissa Davis | |
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| Language | English |
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| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship |
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Marissa Davis is a poet and translator. She is the author of the chapbook My Name & Other Languages I Am Learning How to Speak (2020) and the poetry collection End of Empire (2025), which was longlisted for the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize. In 2024, Davis was named a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Davis is from Paducah, Kentucky. She earned a BA from Vanderbilt University and an MFA from New York University.[4][2]
Career
Her chapbook, My Name & Other Languages I Am Learning How to Speak, was selected for Cave Canem's 2019 Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize and was published by Jai-Alai Books in 2020.[4][1][5] In 2023, Davis received an Emerging Translator Mentorship from the American Literary Translators Association and a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in poetry.[6][7] In 2024, she received a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation.[3]
Her first full-length collection, End of Empire, was published by Penguin Books in 2025.[8] The collection was longlisted for the 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize.[2] The book was discussed in Poetry Northwest and Literary Hub, and Davis was interviewed about it by The Rumpus.[9][10][11]
Works
- My Name & Other Languages I Am Learning How to Speak. Miami: Jai-Alai Books, 2020.[1][5]
- End of Empire. New York: Penguin Books, 2025. ISBN 9780143138471 Search this book on
..[8] Reviewed or discussed in Poetry Northwest, Literary Hub, and The Rumpus.[9][10][11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Marissa Davis". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Marissa Davis". Griffin Poetry Prize. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Poetry Foundation Announces the 2024 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows". Poetry Foundation. August 15, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Marissa Davis". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Marissa Davis, Rio Cortez". O, Miami Poetry Festival. April 27, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
- ↑ "Past Mentorships". American Literary Translators Association. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
- ↑ Aronoff, Amy (September 19, 2023). "Introducing 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows, Finalists, and Panelists". New York Foundation for the Arts. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "End of Empire by Marissa Davis". Penguin Random House. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "PoNW's Favorites: Summer 2025". Poetry Northwest. May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Frank, Rebecca Morgan (June 30, 2025). "Ghetto Koans, Pattern Books, Devouring Wolves: Seven Poetry Collections to Read in July". Literary Hub. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Ward, Junious (November 12, 2025). "The End is the Place We Begin: A Conversation with Marissa Davis". The Rumpus. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
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