Lenelle Moïse
poet playwright musician performance artist
Lenelle Moïse
poet playwright musician performance artist
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Lenelle is the AADS Spring 2012 Visiting Performing Artist Fellow at UT Austin!
This February, Lenelle returns to Miami to lead poetry workshops for LGBTQ youth.
This March, catch a sneak peak of Lenelle’s new solo performance ACHE WHAT MAKE at the 2012 Women Center Stage Festival.
Lenelle’s play MERIT won the 2012 Ruby Prize, Southern Rep’s annual award for a woman of color playwright.
The International Museum of Women features Lenelle’s poem “& do you see how much I love you?” as part of their online exhibit on motherhood. Read it HERE.
“Lenelle Moïse brings fierce passion.”
-The New York Times
“Piercing, covering territory both intimate & political...vivid & powerful.”
-Curve Magazine
“See Moïse push stories from her mouth like it might save your life.”
-The Root
“Sensuality, humor, adept political insight & physical virtuosity. She is a storyteller, performer & activist in one.”
-The F-Word Zine
“A masterful performer.”
-GetUnderground.com
“Revolutionary.”
-Triblocal.com
“Lenelle Moïse’s work is part love song, part battle cry. A Haitian-American powerhouse, she defies the limits of genre: poet, playwright, performer, essayist, artist and activist.”
-Smith’d
“Power & thoughtfulness.”
-Majora Carter
“Sweet & ferocious at the same time.”
-Rhodessa Jones