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Rebecca Chace

Rebecca Chace is the author of Chautauqua Summer, a New York Times Notable Book, and the novel Capture the Flag, which was adapted into a short film.

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Ivelisse Rodriguez

Born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Ivelisse Rodriguez grew up in Holyoke, Massachusetts. She earned a B.A. in English from Columbia University, an M.F.A.

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Gabriel Bump

Gabriel Bump grew up in South Shore, Chicago. His nonfiction and fiction have appeared in Slam Magazine, The Huffington Post, Springhouse Journal, and other publications.

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Saraciea Fennell

Saraciea Fennell is the founder of The Bronx is Reading—Bronx Book Festival. She is also a book publicist who has worked with award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors…

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Ricardo Alberto Maldonado

Ricardo Alberto Maldonado was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He is the co-editor of Puerto Rico en mi corazón and the recipient of fellowships from CantoMundo, the New York…

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Jubi Arriola-Headley

Jubi Arriola-Headley (he/him) is a Black queer poet, storyteller, and first-generation United Statesian who lives with his husband in South Florida and whose work explores themes…

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Renée Watson

Renée Watson is the New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor Book, and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of Piecing Me Together, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me, and…

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Lilliam Rivera

Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning writer and author of the young adult novels Never Look Back, Dealing in Dreams, The Education of Margot Sanchez, and We Light Up the Sky.

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Melissa Faliveno

Melissa Faliveno is a writer, editor, musician, teacher, and Wisconsinite in New York City. Her debut essay collection, TOMBOYLAND, about gender, class, and the American Midwest,…

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