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Derrick Harriell is the director of the African American studies program at the University of Mississippi and the Otillie Schillig Associate Professor of English, African American Studies, and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi. He holds a PhD in English from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and an MFA in creative writing from Chicago State University. … Continued

Max Hipp is a teacher, writer, and musician from Oxford, Mississippi. His work has appeared in Southern Humanities Review, Cheap Pop, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Black Warrior Review, among others. He teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Mississippi.

Lisa Howorth was born in Washington, DC, where her family has lived for four generations. She is a former librarian and the author of the novels Flying Shoes and Summerlings. She has written on art, travel, dogs, and music for the Oxford American and Garden & Gun, among other publications. She lives in Oxford, Mississippi, … Continued

Cassandra Jackson is a professor of English at the College of New Jersey, where she teaches classes about African American literature and visual culture. She is a coauthor of The Toni Morrison Book Club and has published two books on race in US literature and art. She has written about racial oppression in everyday life in HuffPost and the Washington Post, … Continued

David Joy is the author of When These Mountains Burn (winner of the 2020 Dashiell Hammett Award), The Line That Held Us (winner of the 2018 Southern Book Prize), The Weight of This World, and Where All Light Tends to Go (2023 Edgar Award finalist for Best First Novel). His stories and creative nonfiction have … Continued