Illinois Authors

Mayda Del Valle

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Connection to Illinois: Del Valle is a native of Chicago's South Side.

Biography: Mayda Del Valle is author of The University of Hip Hop and a winner of the 2016 Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize from Northwestern University Press. She appeared on six episodes of the HBO series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, and was a contributing writer and original cast member of the Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. A gifted performer, Del Valle has read her work at venues all over the world including the White House.

Primary Literary Genre(s): Poetry

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Web: https://www.maydadelvalle.com/
Blog: https://maydadelvalle.tumblr.com/
E-Mail: info@maydadelvalle.com
WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Mayda++Del++Valle

Selected Titles

A South Side Girls Guide to Love & Sex: Poems ISBN: 1882688562 OCLC: 1013530518 Tia Chucha 2018