NONFICTION WRITER
ADRIENNE KEENE
Adrienne Keene is a writer and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, originally from southern California. She writes essays and books that explore how Native people are represented in popular culture, as well as utilizing themes of reclamation, reconnection, and Indigenous futurisms to examine the impacts of settler colonialism on her family. She is the creator and author of the blog Native Appropriations, the co-creator of the All My Relations Podcast, and the author of Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present (Ten Speed Press). Her essays and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, Stanford Magazine, Teen Vogue, Catapult Magazine, Indian Country Today, and others, as well as numerous academic journals and edited volumes.
She holds a BA in Native American Studies and Cultural Anthropology from Stanford University and a doctorate in Culture, Communities, and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Prior to her time as a Tulsa Artist Fellow, Adrienne was an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University, teaching courses in Indigenous studies.
“As a diasporic Cherokee writer, the opportunity to move to Tulsa and reshape my writing practice around the lands that raised my family and ancestors is a gift beyond my imagining. The Tulsa Artist Fellowship allows me to return to my homelands to create and write while also being engaged in the vibrant and growing arts community in the city of Tulsa. I am eager to learn from and build with the community members doing the important work in Tulsa and be part of learning from the past to bring forward a new future together. ”