About the Author

Meredith Nnoka is a Smith College graduate with a degree in Africana Studies and English. Originally from Maryland, she is currently a graduate student in African-American literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her poetry has appeared in The Massachusetts Review, HEArt Online, Mandala Journal, and elsewhere. A HUNGER CALLED MUSIC, her first chapbook, was a winner of C&R Press's 2016 Winter Soup Bowl.