Jamila Woods Biography

Jamila Woods' writing explores blackness, womanhood, & the city of Chicago. Her first chapbook The Truth About Dolls (2012) was inspired by a Toni Morisson quote & features a Pushcart-nominated poem about Frida Kahlo. Her poetry is included in the anthologies The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (2015) Courage: Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls (2014) and The UnCommon Core: Contemporary Poems for Learning & Living (2013). Jamila is also a vocalist & songwriter focusing primarily on soul/hip-hop centered music. Raised in her church choir Jamila’s musical aesthetic involves choral layering in addition to the hip-hop tradition of sampling & allusions. Her work with her band M&O (fka Milo & Otis) has been featured by Okayplayer Spin JET and Ebony Magazine. Jamila is currently the Associate Artistic Director of non-profit youth organization Young Chicago Authors where she helps organize Louder Than A Bomb (the largest poetry festival in the world) designs curriculum for Chicago Public Schools and teaches poetry to young people throughout the city."

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