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Yolanda Wisher was born on 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, is an American poet. Discover Yolanda Wisher's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?

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Occupation Poet, spoken-word artist
Age 48 years old
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Born 1976
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Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Nationality United States

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1976

Yolanda Wisher (born 1976) is an American poet, educator and spoken word artist who focuses on the experience of being African-American.

1999

Wisher was chosen as the poet laureate of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1999 and later selected as the third poet laureate of Philadelphia in 2016, by mayor-elect Jim Kenney.

She was a fellow of the Cave Canem Foundation from 1999 to 2000 and has published in their anthology Gathering Ground (2013).

2000

She received her MA in creative writing from Temple University in 2000.

Wisher taught English for various years at the Germantown Friends School.

2006

She was the founder and director of the Germantown Poetry Festival, a local poetry event in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia from 2006 to 2010.

2008

She received a Leeway Art and Change grant in 2008.

2010

From 2010 to 2015, she served as the Director of Art Education for the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.

2015

As of 2015, Wisher is a Founding Cultural Agent for the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture.

and was the recipient of a Pew Center for Arts and Heritage grant for 2015.

2016

She is a graduate of Temple University and was selected as the third Poet Laureate of Philadelphia in 2016.

Yolanda Wisher was born in Philadelphia and grew up in North Wales, Pennsylvania.

She studied English and Black Studies, obtaining her BA in English and Black Studies from Lafayette College.

In 2016, she was chosen as the third poet laureate of Philadelphia, following Sonia Sanchez (2012–13) and Frank Sherlock (2014–15), respectively, and is a 2016 writer-in-residence at the Hedgebrook residency program for women writers.

Wisher lives in Germantown with her partner Mark Palacio and their son Thelonius.

She frequently plays music with her band "Yolanda Wisher and the Quick Fixx".

Books of Poetry

Contributor to Anthologies

Wisher has also published in periodicals including American Poetry Review, Black Arts Quarterly, Chain, Drumvoices Revue, Fence, Hanging Loose, Melus, Meridians Feminism, Race, Transnationalism, nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts, Open Letter, Ploughshares, and POeP!.