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VAN G. GARRETT - AUTHOR / ARTIST
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THINK. CREATE. INSPIRE.
Poetry should, above all things, remain accessible.
​Van Garrett allows readers total access to all the emotion behind his vivid imagery and vital poetic storytelling.

          - Ellen Hopkins,
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author of CRANK

​PUBLISHING CREDITS
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I enjoyed co-authoring an educator's guide for Kat Kronenberg's Love Big.
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I was honored to blurb Ran Walker's exceptional collection of kwansabas.
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I'm excited to have a reflection in this great resource.
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 Work Appears in Kwame Alexander’s 
Page-to-Stage Writing Workshop
 
                     http://shop.scholastic.com/shop/en/tso/Kwame-Alexanders-Page-to-Stage-Writing-Workshop
PictureAuthored the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Curriculum Guide: Don Tate's Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton. ​http://dontate.com/books/poet-the-remarkable-story-of-george-moses-horton/

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PUBLISHING CREDITS

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BOOKS

KICKS: Picture book. Versify/HarperCollins (April, 2022)

SCRAP: Poetry. TPQ (April, 2021)

PIT BULLS AND J-WALKS: Poetry. Kattywompus Press (January 2020)

WATER BODIES: Poetry. Otis Books (December, 2019)

ZURI: Poetry. 45 Alternate Press (January, 2018)

HOG: Poetry. 45 Alternate Press (July, 2017)

LENNOX IN TWELVE: Poetry. 45 Alternate Press (July, 2017)

49: Wings & Prayers: Poetry. Kattywompus Press (February, 2016)

The Iron Legs In the Trees: Fiction. Seaburn Books (January, 2013)


ZURI: Selected Love Songs: Poetry. Cap & Sneakers Studios; Introduction by Kwame Alexander (August, 2011)


Songs in Blue Negritude: Poetry. Xavier Review Press; Introduction by A. Van Jordan (February, 2008)

​The Council of Species for Tributaries: Comic Book. MilqToast Comics (winter 2008)


POETRY PUBLICATIONS

Fledgling Rag, Issue 21 (spring/summer 2021)

Bon Appetit: Twelve Poets Created This Ode to Mothers--And Their Kitchens
(May 7, 2021)

Santa Clara Review 
(spring 2019)

Sediments Literary - Arts Journal: Summer Lovin' Issue (summer 2017)

The Ocotillo Review ​(summer 2017)

Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words. VOL. 4-Chapter 03 (winter 2017)

2016 Wordfest Anthology (fall 2016)

Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words. VOL. 3-Chapter 09 (summer 2016)

​Page-to-Stage (spring 2016)

Tracer (winter 2016)

Streetnotes (Volume 23, 2015)


Snowflakes and Memories (fall 2014)

Black Heart Magazine (fall 2014)

The New Poet (spring 2014)


Inner Art Journal (spring 2014)

Call Anthology (spring 2014)

Baseball Bard (fall 2013)

StepAway (spring 2013)

200 New Mexico Poems (summer 2012)

Phati'tude Literary Magazine: Celebrating Black History Through Literature: From the Harlem Renaissance to Today 
(spring 2011)
 

Potomac Review: A Journal of Fiction, Poetry & Essays: The Poetry Issue, Issue 49 (spring 2011)

Carpe Articulum: Literary Review (Winter Quarter, Dec 2010-Feb 2011)

Making Connections: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Diversity. (fall 2010) 

Cooking Up South: Entertaining With Soulful Recipes, Poems and Remembrances (fall 2010)     

Reverie: Midwest African American Literature (fall 2010)

Saracen Literary Journal:  Hampton University (spring 2010)

Promo US (Spanish), (spring 2010)  One Ghana, One Voice Newsletter (summer 2009)

One Ghana, One Voice: Poems and Poets of Ghana (winter 2009)

One Ghana, One Voice: Poems and Poets of Ghana (summer 2008)

Drumvoices Revue: ‘Kwansabas for Richard Wright/Centennial’, Volume 16 (spring / summer / fall 2008) Obsidian III, Volume 7, Number 2 (fall 2007)

Sneakerbandit.com (fall 2007)


White Chimney: The Creative Arts Journal, Issue Two, London (summer 2007)

Istanbul Literature Review, Issue Number 8, Istanbul, Turkey (June/July/August 2007)

Poems Niederngasse, Issue Number 82, Zurich, Switzerland (May / June 2007)

One Ghana, One Voice: Poems and Poets of Ghana (spring 2007)

The Amistad, Howard University (fall 2006)

Drumvoices Revue, Volume 14, Numbers 1 &2 (spring-summer- fall 2006)

The New Pittsburgh Courier (fall 2005)

 ChickenBones (fall 2005)

 Drumvoices Revue: Honoring Amiri Baraka’s 70th Birthday and the 40th Anniversary of the Black Arts Movement, Volume 13, Numbers 1&2 (spring-summer-fall 2005)

 DFW Poetry Review, Volume 2, Number 5 (January/February 2004)

Terebess Asia Online (TAO), (winter 2004)

Characters, Volume 04, Issue 04 (winter 2004)

Spiky Palm, Volume 1, Issue 1, Texas A&M-Galveston (fall 2004)

Spiky Palm (online edition), Volume 1, Issue 1, Texas A&M-Galveston (fall 2004)

The Pittsburgh Quarterly (summer 2004)

AHA! (summer 2004)

ChickenBones (summer 2004)

Rolling Out, Volume 3, Number 28 (fall 2003)

Life Imitating Art (March/April 2003)

Celebrate!  Poets Speak Out—Teachers (spring 2002)

Celebrate!  Poets Speak Out—Teachers (spring 2001)

 
Swirl, Montgomery College (spring 2001)

Drumvoices Revue: Winds form the Cities: Poetic Voices of Contemporary Urban Cultures, Volume 9, Numbers 1&2, University of Southern Illinois (summer/fall 2000)

Brazos Valley Informer, Volume III, Number 12 (summer 2000)

The Informer and Texas Freeman, Volume CVII, Number 28 (summer 2000)

Curbside Review, Volume I, Issue 5 (spring 2000)

Crossroads Anthology, Houston Baptist University, multi-contributor (spring 1999)

The Herald, Volume 52, Number 8, Texas Southern University (winter 1999)

Shanks’ Mare, HBU, multi-contributor (1996 – 1999)

E!Scene, multi-contributor (summer 1998)

Urban Beat, multi-contributor (1997 – 1999)

REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
 

 “The Incantations of Three Female African-American Poets: Merritt, Pinson, and Pierce,” Xavier Review (spring 2008) 

“A Van Questions A. Van: Van G. Garrett Interviews A. Van Jordan,”
The Amistad (spring 2008)

“Sifting Through the Ashes: A Literary and Cinematic Approach to Surveying the Life of Miguel Pinero,”
2006 Film and History Conference Proceedings CD-ROM: The Documentary Tradition (December 2007)

“Rize Review,”
Rolling Stone.com, March 25, 2007

“African Folktales Still Influence Modern Thought,”
Sociolingo’s African Blog
, http://www.sociolingo.wordpress.com, March 7, 2007

“Poetry and Graduate Studies in African American Studies,” UJIMA, Volume 13, Number 1, fall 2006 (winter 2007)

“The Devil’s Garden by Adrian Matejka,”
ChickenBones, August 10, 2006

“Portrait of Lorenzo Thomas,”
Inprint News, April 2006

“Window on the Work: Tunji and the Giant,” Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, 2005-2006 Season

“Lorenzo Thomas.
Dancing on Main Street (African American Review Abstract),” Literature Compass Online: Volume 39, Issue 4 (between winter 2005 and winter 2006)

“Lorenzo Thomas.
Dancing on Main Street (Book Review),” Access my Library
, http://www.accessmylibrary.com, December 2005

“Lorenzo Thomas.
Dancing on Main Street (Book Review),” Goliath: Knowledge on Demand
, http://www.goliath.ecnext.com, December 22, 2005  
 
 “Dancing on Main Street Review,” The Free OnlineLibrary, December 22, 2005

“Dancing on Main Street Review,”
African American Review, Vol. 39, No.4, winter 2005

 “The Man Who Was Almost A Man,” MorrillBooks.com, July 13, 2005

“Letters,”
Savoy
, April/May 2005

“Tirade” and “Instructions for Your New Osiris,” http://writing.upenn.edu/pepc/authors/thomas/, February 2005

“Review of Lorenzo Thomas’ Dancing on Main Street,” Moria, Volume 7, Issue 2 December 23, 2004

“African Folktales Still Influence Modern Thought,”
ChickenBones, September 15, 2004

“Brown v. Board,”
Ebony, Letter to the Editor, July 2004

“The Cruelty of Age in Lorenzo Thomas’ ‘Tirade’,”
ChickenBones, August 25, 2004

“Critical Analysis of ‘Instructions for Your New Osiris’,”
ChickenBones, March 28, 2004

 “It’s That Time Again,”
ChickenBones
, February 4, 2004

 “24 Reasons Why African-Americans Suffer,”
www.authorsontour.com, January 3, 2002

“Paulie Wants An Oscar,” The Collegian, April 30, 1998

 “‘Trap’ Captures Storybook Romance,”
The Informer, July 31, 1998

“Blues From the Heart: Mackay Resident Sees Life Through His Music,” El Campo Leader-News
, August 16, 1997


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