{"id":1453,"date":"2023-08-17T17:25:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/bio\/safiya-sinclair\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T00:00:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T00:00:42","slug":"safiya-sinclair","status":"publish","type":"tribe_organizer","link":"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/bio\/safiya-sinclair\/","title":{"rendered":"Safiya Sinclair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Safiya Sinclair<\/strong> was born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica. She is the author of the poetry collection <em>Cannibal<\/em>, winner of a Whiting Writers\u2019 Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters\u2019 Metcalf Award in Literature, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry, and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. <em>Cannibal<\/em> was selected as one of the American Library Association\u2019s Notable Books of the Year, was a finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award and the Seamus Heaney First Book Award in the UK, and was longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her new book is\u00a0<em>How to Say Babylon: A Memoir.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1455\" src=\"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-199x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-199x300.jpeg 199w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-678x1024.jpeg 678w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-768x1159.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-1018x1536.jpeg 1018w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-1357x2048.jpeg 1357w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-1140x1721.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-920x1389.jpeg 920w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-575x868.jpeg 575w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-380x574.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1-800x1208.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/pdxbookfest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cover_Sinclair_How-to-Say-Babylon_How-to-Say-Babylon-Cassandra-Perez-copy-scaled-1.jpeg 1696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safiya Sinclair was born and raised in Montego Bay, Jamaica. 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