Thinking Its Presence: Race and Creative Writing

Youna Kwak was born in Seoul, Korea. She now teaches and writes in Southern California.

Sherwin Bitsui is the author of Flood Song (Copper Canyon Press) and Shapeshift (University of Arizona Press). He Diné is of the Bįį’bítóó’nii’ Tódi’chii’nii clan and is born for the Tlizilłani’ clan. He is from White Cone, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation. His... Read More →

John Keene is the author, co-author, and translator of a handful of books, including the poetry collection Punks: New & Selected Poems, which received a 2022 National Book Award, a 2022 Thom Gunn Award from the Publishing Triangle, a 2022 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, and... Read More →