Nwenna Gates
Instructor
Main Hall 106
NGates@wcupa.edu
Education
- M.F.A. - Writing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- B.A. - French, Howard University
Interests
- TV/Film Writing
- Poetry
- Non-fiction/Memoir
- African American Films
- Documentary Filmmaking
- First Year Writing
- Children's Literature
Courses Taught
- WRT 120: Effective Writing
- WRT 123: Effective Writing with Supplemental Writing Workshop
- WRT 200: Critical Writing and Research
Selected Publications
- Kai, Nwenna. “Reflections on Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto.” Www.Medium.Com, 15 Jun. 2023, medium.com/@gates.nwenna/reflections-on-rest-is-resistance-a-manifesto-d784fc8e2ba4.
- Kai, Nwenna. "I Despise the Term Black Excellence and You Should Too." Www.Medium.Com, 12 Jun. 2023, medium.com/@gates.nwenna/i-despise-the-term-black-excellence-and-you-should-too-d375c1f9947c.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Summer Walker’s HardLife EP and Sojourner Truth’s Ain’t a Woman Need to Be Discussed." Www.Medium.Com, 25 May 2023, medium.com/@gates.nwenna/summer-walkers-hardlife-ep-and-sojourner-truth-s-ain-t-i-a-woman-need-to-be-discussed-b9dd498bb05e.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Distortion." The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, 1 May 2022, deadmule.com/nwenna-kai-essay-may-2022/.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Normal Never Felt Normal to Me." Www.Medium.Com, 17 Mar. 2023, medium.com/@gates.nwenna/normal-never-felt-normal-to-me-909d3d08b6f1.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Why I Gave My Daughter a Name That White People Could Easily Pronounce." Www.Medium.Com, 22 Feb. 2023, medium.com/@gates.nwenna/eboni-k-williams-saying-she-wouldnt-date-a-bus-driver-unless-he-owned-the-bus-is-a-problem-21a4b08aae11.
- Kai, Nwenna. "White Women’s Lies, Black Men’s Deaths." Www.Medium.Com, 30 Apr. 2023, medium.com/@gates.nwenna/white-womens-lies-black-men-s-deaths-31d100245b5a.
- Kai, Nwenna. "What's Really Eating Us? Black Women and Weight." Www.Medium.Com, 12 Feb. 2023, medium.com/@gates.nwenna/whats-really-eating-us-black-women-and-weight-92e4c3682304.
- Kai, Nwenna. "You’Re Not N!##@&$." Www.Medium.Com, 28 Jan. 2023, medium.com/@gates.nwenna/youre-not-n-3974800e16a1.
- Kai, Nwenna. "John Brown, the Real White Ally." Www.Medium.Com, 19 Jan. 2023, medium.com/@gates.nwenna/john-brown-the-real-white-ally-8b9c9a1531c6.
- Kai, Nwenna. The MoreLoves: Baba Builds a Sun Oven. Pen It Publications, 2022.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Decolonizing Beauty." Www.Medium.Com, 27 Dec. 2022, medium.com/@gates.nwenna/d-60aad59428c1.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Vagabond." Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, no. 48.1, 2022, pp. 39-42, https://doi.org/https://obsidianlit.org/48-1-toc/.
- Kai, Nwenna. "See." Aji Magazine, 2021, www.ajimagazine.com/.
- Kai, Nwenna. “Germana.” Aji Magazine, 2021, www.ajimagazine.com/.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Blues for Brother." Tipton Journal, no. 48, 2021, https://doi.org/https://issuu.com/tiptonpoetryjournal/docs/tpj48.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Cuts." West Trade Review, 1 Apr. 2021, westtradereview.com/onlineexclusivew2102.html.
- Kai, Nwenna. "dear anne." Anti-Heroin Chic, 27 Mar. 2021, heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/poetry-by-nwenna-kai.
- Kai, Nwenna. The Goddess of Raw Foods. Create Space, 2009.
- Kai, Nwenna. “In Search of Fire”. Sacred Fire: The Power of the First Element to Change Your Life. Edited by Maril Crabtree, Adams Media Corporation, 2006, 38-40.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Streets by Default." Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, vol. 6, 2005, https://www.jstor.org/stable/44511785.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Healing From Within." 2002, Heart and Soul Magazine.
- Kai, Nwenna. "Homegirls." 2001, Moondance.
- Kai, Nwenna. “beauty rituals 2000”. Bum Rush the Page: A Def Jam Poetry Anthology. Edited by Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera, Crown, 2001, 160.