including these: 2020 Shaw University Ella Baker Women Who Lead Award 2020 St. Andrews University Ethel Fortner Arts Award 2019 Orange County Bahá’i Light of Unity Award 2016 Kathryn H. Wallace Award for Artists in Community Service Works Jaki Shelton-Green’s work has been published in print, audio-recordings and film. Artists have responded with their own art and collaborations that incorporate Green’s work in sculpture, and the performance arts. Books Green has published eight books of poetry. Mask (Carolina Wren Press, 1981) Dead on Arrival Chapel Hill, N.C. (Carolina Wren Press, 1983) Swiss Time (Mud Puppy Press, 1990) Conjure Blues: Poems (Carolina Wren Press, 1996) singing a tree into the dance (Carolina Wren Press, 2003) Breath of the Song: New and Selected Poems (Carolina Wren Press, 2005) Feeding the Light (Jacar Press, 2014) I Want to Undie You (Jacar Press, 2017) Recordings and Film The River Speaks of Thirst (Released Juneteenth, 2020) Collaborations and Works Inspired by Green Green’s poetry has been performed in dance, with choreography by: Chuck Davis African Dance Ensemble in conjunction with the Kennedy Center and the Nasher Museum at Duke University; Two Near the Edge Dance Company; ChoreoCollective; Danca Nova Dance Company in partnership with Colorado Naropa Dance Institute; and Miami City Ballet. References Living people American women poets Poets from North Carolina Poets Laureate of North Carolina Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women