GINA LORING
Presentation:
- «Writing for the Self» (Spring Semester 2011)
Gina Loring received a B.A. in English from Spelman College, and is currently working towards an M.F.A. in creative writing at Antioch University. As a guest poet of the American Embassy’s cultural envoy program, Gina has traveled to Kuwait, Russia, and West Africa. She was featured on two seasons of HBO's Def Poetry and BET's Lyric Cafe, and was recently honored to win Queen Latifah’s CoverGirl Persona Contest for female lyricists. She is featured on De La Soul's album "Are you in?" and the Brand New Heavies album "We Won't Stop", and has performed at countless colleges and universities nationwide. Above all else, Gina lives, creates and moves forward in honor of the life of her brother, Malcolm Marshall.