PAMELA BOOKER /

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 IMAGINE literary arts and Mother Nature had a child—it would be me! I’ve always loved to unpack and plant my thoughts about life by writing them down. I remember arriving at overnight camp, (yes, of course, I was a Girl Scout!) with a suitcase of books. Then I would set about reading between hikes, creek swimming, and toasting s’mores, and afterwards handwriting page long essays or “reviews” as I called them for each book. Those incentives were curiosities in childhood, but over time, I discovered that writing allowed me to engage, disrupt, heal and empower my readers and audiences.

I’m honored to be recipient of the 2024 NJ State Council on the Arts Prose Fellow Grant, awarded in partnership with Mid Atlantic Arts for my novel-in-stories manuscript, Dill's Mirrors and the Lizzies. Excerpts from this work and an early draft of Fierce! Remains, my pending crime novel  appear in recent print collections of Dark Matter: Women Witnessing and Black Gay Genius which was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist. See link below to publications page!

Learn more about my love of flourishing natural spaces through my nonprofit organization Where's Your Tree? —an advocate and partner for urban green initiatives. Also, I’m Writing/Arts/Culture faculty at Montclair State University, and taught at my alma maters New York University (MA) and Goddard College (MFA-Interdisciplinary Arts). 

Follow me on Instagram @pamelabooker19