Duriel Harris

Duriel E. Harris is a poet, sound artist, and scholar who teaches English at Illinois State University and edits Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora. Her poetry collection No Dictionary of a Living Tongue (2017) won the Nightboat Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the Publishing Triangle Audre Lorde Award. Her multi-genre work includes a one-woman show, a poetry video, and a conceptual project, and she has performed at venues including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Festival Internacional de Poesía de La Habana.