writing, creating, researching, kinmaking
for education, inclusion, & liberation
contact - marionw@uci.edu
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marion eames white is a poet, tattoo artist, and scholar of religion. They were born and raised in New York, but their practice has ferried them to Rhode Island, Japan, Kenya, and—most recently—Southern California. They explore the influence of American individualism on creative and religious practices, combining translation theory and biblical genealogy to subvert hegemonic Evangelical traditions and welcome Othered bodies into larger conversations of sacrality and belonging.
They are an avid language-learner and a VFX enthusiast.
CV
Education
Languages
Fellowships
Professional Experience
Publications
Certifications
Residencies
Readings
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Poetry - University of California - Irvine. Irvine, CA, expected 2025.
B.F.A. in Textiles - Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI, 2015.
English, French, Korean, Classical Greek, Japanese, German, Biblical Hebrew,
Akkadian, Swahili, Hittite, Mandarin Chinese, Sumerian, Luwain
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship, Poetry Foundation, 2024.
Teaching Fellowship, University of California - Irvine, 2023 - present.
Queer-Writer Fellowship, Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, 2021.
Textron Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, 2013 - 2015.
Academic
Poetry Instructor, University of California - Irvine. Irvine, CA, present.
Textiles Instructor, DesignX. Los Altos, CA, 2024.
Composition Instructor, University of California - Irvine. Irvine, CA, 2023 - 2024.
Poetry Instructor, WonderHouse. Nairobi, Kenya, 2022 - 2023.
Interdisciplinary Workshop Facilitator, WonderHouse. Nairobi, Kenya, 2022.
Assistant Textiles Technician, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI, 2012 - 2015.
Editorial
Reader, Faultline. Irvine, CA, 2023 - present.
Contributing Editor, UNICA. New York, NY, 2019.
Book Reviews
Circuits of the Sacred: A Faggotology in the Black Latinx Caribbean. Reading Religion. The American Academy of Religion, 2024.
Selected Poems
"rhinoceros beetles teach boys that life is precious," Stone of Madness Press, 2022.
"Pass me the moon?" UNICA, 2019.
"Black as bone," Hue: Color Culture Theory, 2017.
"Beauty Bucks' Throne Room," Wusgood Mag, 2016.
"shopping for skin, not milk," Hue: Color Culture Theory, 2016.
Chapbooks
Mostly Candy, self-published, 2019.
Biblical Hebrew - Oxford University, United Kingdom, 2024.
Ancient Languages of Anatolia - Koç University (ANAMED), Turkey, 2024.
Traditional Papermaking - Awagami, Japan, 2012.
Paul Cuffee Scholarship, Cuttyhunk Island Residency, MA, 2022.
Artist-in-Residence, WonderHouse, Nairobi, Kenya, 2022.
Artist-in-Residence, Foundation House, CT, 2021.
Artist Residency, Awagami Factory, Tokushima, Japan, 2012.
Antics! Reading Series, Orange County, CA, 2023 - present.
WonderHouse Poetry Reading Series, Nairobi, Kenya, 2022.
WonderHouse Creative Salon, Nairobi, Kenya, 2022.
New York City Poetry Festival, New York, NY, 2019.
Fleurotica Reading Series, New York, NY, 2019.
Women's Poetry Workshop Reading Series, New York, NY, 2018.