KIRSTEN KASAIAuthor www.kirstenimanikasai.com Photo Download | Bio Download Kirsten Imani Kasai is the author of three novels: The House of Erzulie (Feb. 2018, Shade Mountain Press), Ice Song (2009, Random House) and its sequel Tattoo (2011, Random House), and the audio production Flesh Hell. Her short stories, poetry, essays, and articles have appeared in numerous print and online publications in the USA,…
KIYAH WRIGHTAuthor www.kiyahwright.com Photo Download | Bio Download Kiyah Wright is a 2X Emmy Award-winning celebrity hairstylist and image-maker with over two decades of hair care experience and knowledge. In a career that started with doing hair in her grandmother’s basement, Kiyah Wright parlayed her talent and business savvy to become not only one of…
LAWRENCE JACKSON, PH.D.Author http://english.jhu.edu/directory/lawrence-jackson Photo Download | Bio Download Lawrence Jackson is the author of the award-winning books Chester B. Himes: A Biography (W.W. Norton 2017) and The Indignant Generation: A Narrative History of African American Writers and Critics (Princeton 2010). In 2002, he published Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius, 1913-1952 (Wiley), and he has written a memoir on…
MACKENZIE LITTLEDALEAuthor www.mackenzielittledaleauthor.com Photo Download | Bio Download Mackenzie Littledale’s first published article appeared in the January 2019 issue of Conscious Life Journal, which focuses on mindfulness practices. Since then, her microfiction has been included in the VSS365 Anthology, which was released in paperback on September 23, 2019, and she was interviewed by the AskWin…
MARCUS HUNTER, PH.D.Author www.marcusanthonyhunter.com Photo Download | Bio Download Marcus Anthony Hunter is the Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the Division of the Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at UCLA. He is the coiner of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter and author of four books: Black Citymakers: How the Philadelphia Negro Changed…
MARILYN NELSONAuthor marilyn-nelson.com Photo Download | Bio Download Poet Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator of fourteen books and five chapbooks. Her book The Homeplace won the 1992 Annisfield-Wolf Award and was a finalist for the 1991 National Book Award. The Fields Of Praise: New And Selected Poems won the 1998 Poet’s Prize and…
MARLON RICEAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Marlon is a writer, event promoter, host, and social media consultant. His first novel Blow One Down was self-published in September 2009. Blow One Down was featured as the book of the month in XXL Magazine in January 2010, and Marlon was a featured author at 95.5 WPGC…
MICHELLE GOURDINE, M.D.Author www.michellegourdine.com Photo Download | Bio Download Dr. Michelle A. Gourdine is a primary care physician, health policy specialist, and expert in preventive health and wellness. Throughout her medical career, she has felt compelled to not simply treat disease but also keep people from getting sick in the first place. As an author…
MICHELLE GADSDEN-WILLIAMSAuthor www.mgadsdenwilliams.com Photo Download | Bio Download Michelle Gadsden-Williams is Managing Director and Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at the global financial services corporation Credit Suisse AG, which is based in Zurich, Switzerland. In that capacity, she provides strategic direction and thought leadership and champions an inclusive environment by integrating diversity practice into…
MICHELLE JAMESAuthor Photo Download | Bio Download Michelle James is the Sales Development Director for ESSENCE Communications—the leading lifestyle, fashion, and beauty multi-media brand for African American women. James joined ESSENCE in 2005 as Research Director and was promoted to Sales Development Director in 2007. Her work with ESSENCE Magazine follows more than 15…
