Lorraine Rice
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 a Cave Canem graduate Fellow, Kimbilio Fellow, and recipient of support from Hedgebrook. 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 Brooklyn Writers Foundry at St. Joseph’s University, NY. Originally from South Carolina, she currently lives in Philadelphia with her family.
Poems
"Black Mother Kept Alive for the Purpose of Living" and
"Who Cooks for You?" - Gulf Coast"Of Being Will & Testament," "Family History in Abstract," and "Affidavit of Loss" collected in Permanent Record: Poetics Towards the Archive, edited by Naima Yael Tokunow, Nightboat Books“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