<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>85</o:Words> <o:Characters>489</o:Characters> <o:Lines>4</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>600</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>11.1539</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotShowRevisions/> <w:DoNotPrintRevisions/> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-9.0pt"><!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>CONTACT _Con-37A6D2191 \c \s \l <span style='mso-element: field-separator'></span><![endif]-->Monica A Hand<!--[if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span><![endif]--> is a poet and book artist currently living in Harlem, USA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Her manuscript, “me and Nina†received a 2010 Kinereth Gensler Award from Alice James Books and her poems have appeared in <i>Aunt Chloe</i><span style="font-style:normal">, </span><i>Black Renaissance Noire</i><span style="font-style:normal">, </span><i>Naugatuck River Review</i><span style="font-style:normal">, </span><i>The Sow’s Ear, Drunken Boat</i><span style="font-style:normal">, </span><i>Beyond the Frontier, African-American Poetry for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century, Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem’s First Decade </i><span style="font-style:normal">and elsewhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She holds a MFA in Poetry and Poetry in Translation from Drew University, and is a founding member of Poets for Ayiti.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->