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Nadia Alexis, a Harlem, New York, native, is a poet, writer, photographer, and daughter of Haitian immigrants. Her writing has been published in Poets & Writers, The Global South, Shenandoah, Wild Imperfections: An Anthology of Womanist Poems, and elsewhere. A fellow of both the Watering Hole and the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop, she has received several honors, including … Continued

A. H. Jerriod Avant was born and raised in Longtown, Mississippi. His first book, Muscadine, (Four Way Books, 2023) received the 2024 Mississippi Institute of the Arts and Letters poetry award. Jerriod has received two winter fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and an emerging-artist grant from the St. Botolph Club … Continued

Steve Almond is the author of a dozen books of fiction and nonfiction, including All the Secrets of the World and the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. His most recent book is Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories. His essays and reviews … Continued

Steve Azar, a Mississippi Delta native, is a Grammy nominee, a hit songwriter, a recording artist, and a music producer. He has released seven critically acclaimed studio albums, as well as several no. 1 music videos. His latest release, My Mississippi Reunion, winner of the 2021 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award for best … Continued

Robert Busby grew up in the hill country of north Mississippi and has worked as a bandsaw operator, bookseller, copywriter, driving-school instructor, powder coater, prep cook, produce clerk, teacher, and satellite-television technician. He has a BFA from the University of Mississippi and his MFA in fiction from Florida International University. His stories have appeared in … Continued