About NOVA:

NOVA CYPRESS BLACK (dey/dem/NOVA) writes deir name in all caps as a reminder to take up space as a disabled Black trans gender-expansive lighthouse. Dey are a recipient of fellowships from Poets House, The Poetry Project, Willow Arts Alliance, Cave Canem & Trans Poetics Archive. NOVA’s poetry has graced the pages of The Black Ordinary; Strange Horizons; Fifth Wheel Press; 580 Split; Zone 3 Press; etc. This MFA dropout was also a Staff Writer on season 3 of Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q. Dey are the Founding Steward of THE BLACK TRANS GAZE GUIDE, a forthcoming digital archive of independent cinema by Black trans filmmakers. NOVA is a nomadic, genre-defying storyteller who pledges allegiance to liberation & pleasure. FREE PALESTINE. FREE SUDAN. FREE CONGO www.novacypressblack.com

Work Samples:

About the Works:

Blending Afro-surrealism with Black trans futurity, my manuscript-in-progress, WATCH PARTY, explores film, television, & the glow of digital intimacy as both archive & oracle. This debut poetry collection documents my evolution as a Black queer & trans non-binary millennial, assigned female at birth. Through tribute, intervention, & remix, these poems investigate gender, pleasure, community, & possibility. Beneath & beyond the flicker of screens.