Elizabeth de Souza is a writer and educator whose work explores the intersection of artistic genius, culture, and psychology, with a particular interest in the arts of the African Diaspora. She is also an emerging curator.
In the past year, she was a Finalist for the Creative Capital Award, the Oxford American Jeff Baskin Writers Fellowship, and the Mary C. Mohr Nonfiction Award. Her essays have appeared in Callaloo, Southern Indiana Review and Solstice Literary Magazine, and attracted support from the MacDowell Colony and Hedgebrook.
Elizabeth is a 2020 Barbara Smith Writer-in-Residence at Twelve Literary Arts, where she will complete her book-in-progress, “Sleeping in the Fire: The Black Artist in America." She lives with her husband and two young children in the Pittsburgh area.
In the past year, she was a Finalist for the Creative Capital Award, the Oxford American Jeff Baskin Writers Fellowship, and the Mary C. Mohr Nonfiction Award. Her essays have appeared in Callaloo, Southern Indiana Review and Solstice Literary Magazine, and attracted support from the MacDowell Colony and Hedgebrook.
Elizabeth is a 2020 Barbara Smith Writer-in-Residence at Twelve Literary Arts, where she will complete her book-in-progress, “Sleeping in the Fire: The Black Artist in America." She lives with her husband and two young children in the Pittsburgh area.