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Kameisha Jerae Hodge
Hodge in 2010
Born	(1989-11-01) November 1, 1989 (age 35) Washington, D.C., USA
Occupation	Writer, editor, poet, spoken word artist
Alma mater	Lafayette College (BA) Southern New Hampshire University (MA)

Kameisha Jerae Hodge (pronounced /kəmiːʃə dʒɛreɪ hɒdʒ/; born November 1, 1989) is an American writer, publisher, poet, and spoken word artist from Washington, D.C. She is the founder and CEO of Sovereign Noir Publications, a publishing company established in 2019 that elevates Black women's voices.

Early life

Hodge was born in 1989 in Washington, D.C., the oldest of eleven, and she, a brother, and a sister were raised by their mother Sabrina. For a while, they were homeless, staying with relatives or at homeless shelters.

Hodge began reading in poetry competitions while in middle school. In tenth grade, she met her mentor, Yolanda D. Coleman-Body, who introduced her to journalism, publishing, and writing and taught her how to "exist in the industry as a Black girl". Coleman-Body encouraged Hodge to write for Rated-T, the school magazine; Hodge became a reporter, writer, and editor. She also served as the Editor-in-Chief of Knight Vision, the school newspaper. She graduated from Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School in 2007.

Hodge attended Lafayette College as a Posse Scholar and English and Africana major and quickly became involved with campus life.

She served as the VP of Writing Organization Reaching Dynamic Students, a student arts group; performed at mic nights and poetry slams; started Lafayette's step team; was resident of the Association of Black Collegians; co-hosted a radio show with DJ Spyda Da Don; and oversaw the African-Caribbean interest floor in her dorm. She also interned at MTV's development department for The N during her summer break. While there, she was a live audience member for Total Request Live and in the pilot episode of Dance or Drop, a proposed MTV show. She graduated from Lafayette in 2012 with a BA in English and moved on to pursue an MA in English and creative writing with a concentration in poetry from Southern New Hampshire University.

She also has a certificate in publishing.

Career

Hodge self-published her first poetry collection, Atlas of Consciousness, in 2010 while still a student at Lafayette. Since then, two more collections have been published: Double Consciousness: An Autoethnic Guide to My Black American Experience (July 2014) and Woman. Queer. Black. (November 2021). She has been a #1 bestselling author on Amazon, is published in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives, and was a TEDx speaker at Lafayette College. She has also worked with Martha's Table, NPR, WAMU, UrRepublic, and Viacom.

Hodge founded Sovereign Noir Publications, a publisher focused on elevating Black women writers, in 2019. She and high school classmate Charles Smith founded i2Kings1Queen Publishing. She is also a mentor for the First Ladies of Poverty Foundation.

Personal life

Hodge is a lesbian.

Hodge has a beloved dog named sparky

Hodge is a devoted fan to Ni'Jah

Awards and honors

References

1. ^ "Kameisha Jerae Hodge: Resident Book Publisher and Self Publishing Coach". First Ladies of Poverty Foundation. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
2. ^ "Meet Kameisha Jerae Hodge: CEO & Founder, Sovereign Noir Publications". Shout Out LA. 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
3. ^ "Posse scholars and their families". yumpu. Posse Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
4. ^ Hodge, Kameisha Jerae. Atlas of Consciousness. p. 9.
5. ^ "KAMEISHA JERAE HODGE - PUBLISHING MENTOR - ARLINGTON, VA - WASHINGTON, D.C." Girl Social Gang. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
6. ^ "Kameisha Jerae Hodge". HeySummit. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
7. ^ "Where Are They Now". issuu. Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School. 2010-04-08. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
8. "Contributors". issuu. Friendship PCS. 2006. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
9. ^ Merritt, Flonora (2016-05-18). "Kameisha Hodge, Class of 2007". Friendship PCS. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
10. ^ "Expressing Herself" (PDF). Lafayette. 2009. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
11. ^ "New African-Caribbean Interest Floor" (PDF). Lafayette College. 2011. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
12. "meet the scholars". The Posse Foundation. 2010. p. 30. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
13. "Profiles: Kameisha Hodge '12". Lafayette College. n.d. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
14. Hodge, Kameisha Jerae (2008-09-29). "A Summer Job that Rocks". Lafayette College. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
15. "Class notes: 2011" (PDF). Lafayette College Alumni Association. 2015. p. 78. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
16. ^ "Poetic Prodigy: Kameisha Hodge '11 Publishes Atlas of Consciousness". Lafayette College. 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
17. ^ "CEO AND FOUNDER: KAMEISHA JERAE HODGE". Sovereign Noir. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
18. ^ "Kameisha Jerae Hodge". Amazon. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
19. ^ "Evening with Ella and Kameisha Jerae Hodge". MixCloud. Black Authors Network Talk Sho. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
20. "TEDxLaf - Kameisha Hodge - Human Downgrade 1.0". YouTube. TEDx Talks. 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
21. ^ "Kameisha Hodge - Editor". reedsy. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
22. ^ "Kameisha Hodge". SpeakerHub. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
23. ^ "Kameisha Jerae Hodge". Kameisha Jerae Hodge. n.d. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

External links

• Hodge's Official Website (archive)

• 1989 births
• Living people
• Lafayette College alumni
• Southern New Hampshire University alumni
• American lesbian writers
• African-American poets
• African-American publishers (people)
• American editors
• American women poets
• 21st-century American poets
• Poets from Washington, D.C.
• Writers from Washington, D.C.
• American LGBTQ poets
• 21st-century African-American writers
• 21st-century African-American women writers
• 21st-century American women writers
• 20th-century African-American writers
• 20th-century African-American women