Imani Tolliver

Publications

Van Gogh’s Ear #7: The Supernatural Edition, 2009 

HIS RIB:  Poems, Stories & Essays by Her, 2007

Voices from Leimert Park, 2006

www.handtoothnail.com, 2006

www.poetrysuperhighway, 2006

www.getunderground.com, 2005

www.allaboutjazz.com, 2004 

Poetic Diversity.org, 2004

Pink, Imani Tolliver, 2003 (Poetry and Music CD)

My Man: Love Poems, Imani Tolliver, 2003

San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly 17, 2002

Beyond the Frontier, Black Classics Press, 2002

Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Russell Simmons Productions, 2001

Step into a World - A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature, Wiley and Sons, 2000

Drum Voices Review, Eugene Redmond, 2000

Cave Canem IV, Cave Canem Publishing, 1999

Black Love, Beyond Baroque Books, 1999

Jones Juke Joint Magic, Jones Juke Joint Still Press, 1998

Cave Canem II, Cave Canem Publishing, 1997

The Drumming Between Us, Peter J. Harris Publications, 1997

Poets Mama Didn't Raise, Smirna Press, 1996

Artistic Pedigree Magazine, 1995

The Flow: New Black Poetry in Motion, ECA Associates Press, 1994

Ghettoes Are Not Beautiful, Imani Tolliver, 1994

Janus, Howard University Literary Journal, 1993 Edition

Fellowships
Graduate Fellow, Cave Canem: A Workshop/Retreat for African American Poets; 1997, 1999 & 2003

Jenny McKean Moore Workshop, George Washington University, Cornelius Eady, 1997

Awards
Watts Towers Poet Laureate,
City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs &   Watts Towers Arts Center
Los Angeles, California.  2007 - 2008

Certificate of Appreciation,
City of Los Angeles for her work as a promoter, host and publicist in support of the literary arts in Los Angeles, 2007

Lannon Literary Fellow
Folger Shakespeare Library, 1994 - 1997

John J. Wright Literary Award, Howard University, First Place, 1994

Editor
Stories: The Life of Ellen Cook, Autry Museum of Western Heritage, October 2000

Creative Writing from the Parents of Garrison Elementary School, June 1997

Creative Writing from the Parents of Bruce Monroe and K. C. Lewis Elementary School, June 1997

Women, Words and Other Wonders: Writings from The Dinner Program for Homeless Women, Volume I (1995) and Volume II (1996)

Office of the President, President William Jefferson Clinton, Washington, DC; July - August 1996

Janus, Howard University Literary Journal, 1995 Edition