Elizabeth de Souza’s essays have appeared in Callaloo, Southern Indiana Review, Solstice Literary Magazine. and The Journal of Baha'i Studies (forthcoming). In the past year she has been a Finalist for the Creative Capital Award, the Jeff Baskin Oxford American Writers Fellowship, and the Mary C. Mohr Award.
She is a 2019 MacDowell Fellow, and the 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation - Hedgebrook Fellow. Elizabeth is also an emerging curator.
Her first book, “Sleeping in the Fire: A Black Artist in America” is forthcoming. In support of this project, she has been named the 2020 Barbara Smith Writer-in-Residence at Twelve Literary Arts. Elizabeth lives with her husband and two young children in the Pittsburgh area.
She is a 2019 MacDowell Fellow, and the 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation - Hedgebrook Fellow. Elizabeth is also an emerging curator.
Her first book, “Sleeping in the Fire: A Black Artist in America” is forthcoming. In support of this project, she has been named the 2020 Barbara Smith Writer-in-Residence at Twelve Literary Arts. Elizabeth lives with her husband and two young children in the Pittsburgh area.
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