Writer and interviewer interested in body image, bisexual representation, and queer literature.
Committed to children’s literature, picture books, and introducing diverse leaders and heroes.
Covering fashion, lifestyle, nerd and pop cultures.
Interested in dogs, fiction, art, and autobiography.
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Writer invested in Native American issues and collaboration.
Travel, fiction, and creative nonfiction writer interested in race and identity.
A storyteller and reporter interested in South Asia, timber-smuggling rackets, and long-form essays.
Investigative reporter covering criminal justice, marginalized groups, and religion.
Former journalist and current novelist writing about society, diversity, and military issues.
A poet, essayist, and profiler invested in gay issues.
Writer covering sports, music, technology, art, and style.
Community-minded writer invested in nonprofits, anti-violence movements, short stories, and Asian-American narratives.
A writer investigating academia, the African diaspora, and theology.
A writer of poetry, essays, and book reviews, concentrating on feminism, children’s writes, culture, and literature.
A poet.
Poet, creative nonfiction writer, and associate professor.
A writer interested in technology, fiction, and digital art, with copyediting skills.
Bilingual writer interested in Korean politics, immigration, comics, and public spaces.
Writer and editor concentrating on sports, politics, pop culture, and film.
Nationally acclaimed performer writing about gender, black Judaism, mental instability, and religion.
A native of Mississippi, R. Flowers Rivera is an award-winning poet, and the author of two books. She completed a Ph.D. in English, specializing in African American literature and creative writing, at Binghamton University. Xavier Review Press published her debut poetry collection, Troubling Accents (July 2013), which received a nomination from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters and was selected by the Texas Association of Authors as its 2014 Poetry Book of the Year.
Rivera’s second collection, Heathen (February 2015) was published by Lotus Press, Inc., and distributed by Wayne State University. It has been selected by poet and literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller as the winner of the 2015 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award. This award was established by Lotus Press to recognize an outstanding book-length manuscript by an African-American poet.
A playwright and grant recipient writing across genres, including fiction and journalism.
A humorist and essayist concentrating on family, Chinatowns, and Asian-American literature.