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ABOUT LATORIAL FAISON
Latorial Faison is an American poet, author, veteran military spouse, mother, and assistant professor of English and creative writing. Her writing continues the African American literary tradition and explores the intersections of the Black experience in terms of race, culture, and identity. Faison’s poetry and creative nonfiction have been published extensively in literary outlets, such as Callaloo, Obsidian: Literature & Art in the African Diaspora, Aunt Chloe, Stonecoast Review, Artemis Journal, Prairie Schooner, West Trestle Review, The Southern Poetry Anthology, Southern Women’s Review, About Place Journal, Deep South Magazine, and others. She is the author of The Missed Education of the Negro: An Examination of the Black Segregated Experience in Southampton County, Virginia 1950–1970, Mother to Son, I Am Woman, Love Poems, and the trilogy collection 28 Days of Poetry Celebrating Black History. A Tom Howard Poetry Prize recipient and Pushcart nominee, Faison has also been awarded fellowships from Furious Flower Poetry Center, Virginia Humanities, Association of Writers & Writing Programs, and the Hudson Valley Writers Center. She currently serves on the faculty of Virginia State University.
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