Kinsale Drake
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About
Poet and playwright. Her poetry most often reflects her Navajo upbringing, family, and culture. On her kinsalehues Instagram page, she has 150,000 followers who can see some of her appearances, fashion inspiration, and her lifestyle.
Before Fame
She attended Yale University. Her debut poetry collection was called The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket. She won the 2023 National Poetry Series award along with four others in 2023.
Trivia
She was awarded Yale's Young Native Playwrights Award for her play titled As It Has Always Been. She has also performed her poetry at Carnegie Hall in New York City and is the founder of NDN Girls Book Club, a literary organization which promotes Indigenous authors.
Family Life
She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. She grew up with two siblings.
Associated With
Louise Erdrich and Leslie Marmon Silko are two of the authors that she has said inspired her career.
