LaTasha Diggs
Writer, vocalist, and sound artist, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs is the author of three chapbooks which include Ichi-Ban and Ni-Ban (MOH Press), Manuel is destroying my bathroom (Belladonna Press), and the album, TelevisÃon. Her work has been published in Rattapallax, Black Renaissance Noir, Nocturnes, Ploughshares, Spoken Word Revolution Redux, The Black Scholar, P.M.S, Jubilat, 44 on 44, Everything But the Burden, S04/Coon Bidness, Tea Party Magazine, and Muck Works to name a few. She has received awards from Cave Canem, Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, New York Foundation for the Arts, Harlem Community Arts Fund, Barbara Deming Memorial Grant for Women and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. A native of Harlem, LaTasha is a 2010 Pocantico Writer in Residence, a VCCA Writer in Residence and a Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant recipient. She lives in Harlem.