Read my new book A Spell For Living
“A Spell for Living is both indictment and exhortation, mourning and celebration, illuminating the routes to living and loving handed down by the ancestral powers. Keisha-Gaye Anderson offers us transcendental and luminous poetry in cadences as compelling as heartbeats. A book to keep and read over and over again.”
—Olive Senior, author of Gardening in the Tropics
Stories are the currents that connect us and move us through life.
My love of storytelling has taken me on an incredible journey over the past 20 years as an author, journalist, educator, and media maker. Whether it's creating poetry, fiction, essays, journalistic writing, screenwriting, visual art, or speeches for executives, I love how the power to craft stories has enriched my experience and given me the tools to help people transform their lives. Today I am the author of three poetry collections, a visual artist whose works have been shown in numerous exhibitions, and a leader in strategic communications for higher ed and nonprofits.
You can learn more about me by reading my full bio or downloading my media kit. Let's work together!
Books
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Gathering the Waters
Gathering the Waters Keisha’s debut poetry collection, was released by Jamii Publishing in 2014 and was accepted in the Poets House Library.
"Gathering the Waters is a potent book of poetry that can intoxicate your senses. Keisha wields her pen like a Samurai swordsman. Her poetry deals with the personal us, the intimate us, and the history of us. Keisha’s poetry takes you on a wonderfully exciting journey through the culture and beauty of being Black, with the promise of tomorrow."
—Abiodun Oyewole, The Last Poets
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Everything is Necessary
“Anderson twists to writhe ivory from bone.”
—Tyehimba Jess, author of Olio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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A Spell For Living
A Spell for Living received the Editors’ Choice recognition for Agape Edition’s 2017 Numinous Orisons, Luminous Origin Literary Award for Poetry, and features Keisha’s original artwork and poetry throughout the book.
"A Spell for Living is both indictment and exhortation, mourning and celebration, illuminating the routes to living and loving handed down by the ancestral powers. Keisha-Gaye Anderson offers us transcendental and luminous poetry in cadences as compelling as heartbeats. A book to keep and read over and over again."
—Olive Senior, author of Gardening in the Tropics and Jamaica Poet Laureate
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