“Kneeland confronts systematic racism, anti-Black violence and holds no punches when calling out the injustices Black people currently face, and have faced throughout history.”

—STEPHANIE WICKS

A man with glasses, a beard, and a checkered shirt leaning on a railing and looking thoughtfully to the side inside a modern building with large windows.

THOMAS KNEELAND is the author of We Be Walkin’ Blackly in the Deep. His publication credits include Prairie Schooner, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Obsidian Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, Modern Language Studies JournalThe Rumpus, Southern Humanities Review, and elsewhere. Kneeland holds a BA in English Writing from DePauw University, an MA in Ministry from Wesley Seminary, and an MFA in Poetry from Butler University. He is currently a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of English at Anderson University.

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