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. She is a 2019 MacDowell Fellow, and her essays have appeared in publications such as Callaloo and Solstice Literary Magazine.
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."
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. She is a 2019 MacDowell Fellow, and her essays have appeared in publications such as Callaloo and Solstice Literary Magazine.
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."