10/09/2026
💡CLOUD ROOM MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: ANASTACIA-RENEÉ
Anastacia-Reneé is an award-winning writer, interdisciplinary educator, multi-modal artist, former Seattle Civic Poet, and recent 2026 Stranger Genius in Literature.
She is the author of Afrofuturist-fiction-fantasy book, Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere as well as the author of two full length books of experimental poetry: Side Notes from the Archivist and (v.) (Black Ocean).
Side Notes from the Archivist was named New York Public Library’s “Best Books of 2023,” and The American Library Association’s “Notable Books of 2024.”
Anastacia-Reneé has been featured on the PBS NewsHour Brief-But-Spectacular series and Our Black Gay Diaspora Podcast—a biweekly series celebrating the global Black LGBTQ+ community by profiling diverse professionals across 28 countries and 45 professions.
She has received fellowships and residences from: Baldwin for the Arts, Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, VONA, The White Center, Mineral School, Ragdale, 4Culture, The Hermitage Artist Retreat and The New Orleans Writers Residency.
As a playwright, Anastacia-Reneé has written and directed: Talking with the Lorde: A Choreopoem, Not My Size, 9 Ounces, and Q***r Mama Crossroads. Reneé’s experimental cross-genre work can be found or is forthcoming in, The Rumpus The American Academy of Poets, Moss Lit, Logic(s), Callaloo, Blue Mountain Review, Ms. Magazine, Alta, Underbelly, Torch and others.
The Cloud Room proudly offers Stranger Geniuses complimentary lifetime memberships.
