Sheree L. Greer - Florida Author Spotlight
Get to Know Sheree
Sheree L. Greer is a text-based artist living in Tampa, Florida. In 2014, she founded The Kitchen Table Literary Arts Center to showcase and support the work of Black women and women of color writers and is the author of two novels, Let the Lover Be and A Return to Arms.
Her work has been published in First Bloom Anthology, LezTalk Anthology, VerySmartBrothas, Autostraddle, The Windy City Times, Bleed Literary Journal, and the Windy City Queer Anthology: Dispatches from the Third Coast.
Sheree is a VONA/VOICES alum, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice grantee, Yaddo fellow, and Ragdale Artist House Rubin Fellow. Her essay, "Bars" published in Fourth Genre Magazine, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and notably named in Best American Essays 2019, and her latest essay, "None of this is Bullshit" was published at The Rumpus and featured as a best of 2020 editors' pick and in the COUNTERPult Storytelling Series for Roots. Wounds. Words.
Read Her Work
I've made a commitment to exploring my art as creatively as possible, from fiction to nonfiction, poetry and probably a play at some point, I'm just making art and making love from here on out.
You can visit her website to learn more about her books and any upcoming projects she is working on.
Learn About Her Florida Connections
Being in Tampa means being in love. I met my wife here. I discovered how much I am nurtured and inspired by nature here. I found a community here, a beautiful community of chosen family who've made Tampa feel like home. I'm in love with my life, and the treasures Florida has offered to me were unexpected, unique, and undeniably gorgeous.
Wordier note: we think so, too, Sheree. Thank you for taking the time to share your love of Tampa with us!