Tiana Clark
Tiana Clark is an American poet. Clark is the author of "Equilibrium" and "I Can't Talk About The Trees Without The Blood." Her work has been recognized with a Rattle Poetry Prize and a Pushcart Prize. Biography. Clark received her B.A in Africana and Women’s Studies at TSU, then graduated from Vanderbilt University's M.F.A. program. She worked as the editor for the Nashville Review while at the university. The chapbook "Equilibrium" was published by Bull City Press after the manuscript won the 2016 Frost Place Chapbook Competition. The book draws on religious themes and language  to explore being both Black and a woman. "I Can't Talk About The Trees Without The Blood", Clark's first full length collection, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2018. Clark's poem "The Ayes Have It", a response to the killing of Trayvon Martin was adapted into a short film by Savanah Leaf. Her poem "BBHMM" won a 2019 Pushcart Prize.