drea brown is a poet-scholar and assistant professor in the English Department at Texas State University. They are the author ofâŻdear girl: a reckoningâŻ(Gold Line Press 2015) and co-editor ofâŻTeaching Black:
Sharon Bridgforth is a writer that creates ritual/jazz theatre. A 2020-2023 Playwrightsâ Center Core Member, Sharon has received support from the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, Creative Capital, MAP Fund and
Nari Kirk holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of New Mexico. She has published work inâŻHobart,âŻPlume, the anthologyâŻAll the Women in My Family Sing, and elsewhere.
Omi Osun Joni L. JonesâŻis an artist/scholar/facilitator who employs Black FeministâŻaesthetics and theatrical jazz principles in her work. Her original performances includeâŻsista docta, a critique of academic life, and Searching
âDeesha Philyaw uses the comic, the allegorical, and the geographic to examine Black intimacies and Black secrets. Her work is as rigorous as it is pleasurable to read.â âKiese Laymon
Jennifer (JP) Perrine is the author of four award-winning books of poetry: Again, The Body Is No Machine, In the Human Zoo, and No Confession, No Mass. Perrineâs recent poems,
PATRICK ROSAL currently serves as inaugural Codirector of the Mellon-funded Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers-Camden, where he is a Professor of English. He is the
Amy Zhang is the author of Falling Into Place, This Is Where The World Ends, and The Cartographers (HarperCollins). Her fiction has been recognized by the Indies Next List and
âErika Meitner is the quintessential 21st century storyteller bearing witness from the vantage point of a social critic with heart, humor, and an incomparable voice.â âCarmen GimĂ©nez Smith âErika Meitner
Jaime Parker Stickle is an actor, writer, and podcast host. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Riverside low residency program. She is the creator
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