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HANIF WILLIS-ABDURRAQIB is a poet, writer, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His first book of poems, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much was released to critical and commercial acclaim in 2016 by Button...
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Jacqui Germain is a published poet, freelance writer, and contributing Arts and Culture writer with ALIVE Magazine, based in St. Louis, MO. She’s a 2016 Callaloo Fellow, and author of “When the Ghosts...
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DANEZ SMITH’s work as a black and queer poet, transcends arbitrary boundaries to present work that grips, dismantles oppressive constructs, and strikes on the human heart. Often centered around...
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LACI JORDAN is a multidisciplinary creative and solopreneur living in Los Angeles, CA. She currently works with Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron, CAA, My Brown Box, and previously for the Blue Sky group of...
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KAVEH AKBAR’s poems appear recently or soon in The New Yorker, Poetry, APR, Ploughshares, PBS NewsHour, and elsewhere. Kaveh is founder of DiveDapper, an online platform & project devoted...
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NATE MARSHALL is from the South Side of Chicago. He was editor of groundbreaking anthology, The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop. His poetry collection, Wild Hundreds has been...
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Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist, poet, essayist, visual artist, and educator. Her research is focused on racism, social inequality, urban policy, and the impact of these forces on American public...
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AZIZA BARNES is the winner of the 2015 Pamet River Prize; their first full length collection, i be but i ain’t is from YesYes Books, 2016. They are a Cave Canem Fellow, co-founder of The Conversation...
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HIEU MINH NGUYEN is an Asian-American creative based out of the Midwest. Hieu’s work often centers around the queer diaspora, creating safe(r) spaces, dissection of nostalgia, identity, family...
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SAFIA ELHILLO’s is Sudanese by way of Washington, DC; she received a BA from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study and an MFA in poetry at the New School. Safia is a Pushcart Prize nominee,...
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