Kanika Vann

Kanika Aisha Vann (Journalist/Writer/Editor/Author) A native of Clinton, Maryland, has been using literary anecdotes and pen strokes to excite the minds of readers since the age of eleven. She physically embraced the written word in poetic form in grade school and has only expanded her portfolio since then. Kanika began to aggressively develop her writing skills; studying the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Langston Hughes while composing a journal of independent essays and poems, which reflected her passion for written expression. Her word combinations have grown to command frequent attention and even more critical acclaim, prompting her to acknowledge Dr. Maya Angelou, whose “show, not tell” writing style she’s most readily embraced, as her greatest literary inspiration. Blessed with an air of “poetic prowess” (Towson University English Professor, Lena Ampadu), Kanika possesses a talent that would draw praise from any seasoned writer. She leaves [readers] “renewed and enlightened;” somehow better than they were before their eyes met her phrases (GodAllahTruth Hall; member of hip-hop trio, Gods’Illa).

In 2003, she began to publish her work through various outlets including her alma mater’s university newspaper, the Towson Towerlight. Her work continued as contributing writer, staff writer, and editor for Long Beach, California’s Metro.dot.Pop Magazine, Sin City’s Las Vegas Sentinel-Voice Newspaper, Washington, D.C. online entertainment magazine, DMV Spectrum.com, and most recently, Maryland’s own, AMADI Magazine.

As of 2010, Kanika’s portfolio includes reviews, commentaries, analyses, and feature articles from interviews with U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, former basketball stars Sheryl Swoopes and Greg Anthony, and international rock star, Prince; just to name a few.

Deemed “a passionate and proficient, experienced and efficient writer” (Dr. K. E. Asomani, Ed.D), by those she has written for, Kanika hopes to make an indelible mark on the writing world by continuing to lift her pen, as she showcases her literary talents. Her first book, a love and relationship commentary entitled, Love: Possible, will be published and available to the public in early 2011.

Special thanks to God; love; family: Mom, Dad, Garfield Jr., Nikita, and Eric; knowledge; niece Nianna; Erik; babies: Smiley, Ebony, and Nico; Jawan, and other close friends.