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The Oxford American is a nonprofit quarterly  
published by The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc.,  
in alliance with the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). 

DANIELLE A. JACKSON
Editor

Digital Editor VERONICA ANNE SALINAS
Assistant Editors CHRISTIAN LEUS, ALLIE MARIANO, JULIA THOMAS
Editor-at-Large ROSALIND BENTLEY
Poetry Editor REBECCA GAYLE HOWELL

Art Directors CARTER/REDDY • www. CarterReddy.com
Art Researcher  ALYSSA ORTEGA COPPELMAN
Copyeditor  ALI WELKY

Editorial Interns
ANDREW BANNON, ALICE BERRY, GRACE CAPOOTH

Archive Intern
TAYLOR LENA MCTOOTLE

Contributing Editors
LUCY ALIBAR, REBECCA BENGAL, ROY BLOUNT, JR., WENDY BRENNER, KEVIN BROCKMEIER,
BRONWEN DICKEY, LOLIS ERIC ELIE, BETH ANN FENNELLY, 
LESLIE JAMISON, HARRISON SCOTT KEY, KIESE LAYMON,
ALEX MAR, GREIL MARCUS, DUNCAN MURRELL, CHRIS OFFUTT,
AMANDA PETRUSICH, PADGETT POWELL, JAMIE QUATRO, 
DAVID RAMSEY, DIANE ROBERTS, ZANDRIA F. ROBINSON 

The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc., Board of Directors
Chairman SARA A. LEWIS
RICHARD MASSEY, JENNY DAVIS, ENJOLIQUÉ A. LETT, DANIELLE A. JACKSON

SARA A. LEWIS
Executive Director 

Advertising Sales Director KEVIN BLECHMAN
Senior Account Executive  KATHLEEN KING
Senior Account Executive  CRISTEN HEMMINS
Account Executive  RAY WITTENBERG

Marketing and Communications Manager  KELSEY WHITE
Accounting Manager  SHAVON TAYLOR
Development Coordinator  AMANDA BOLDENOW
Engagement Editor LAURA DALEY
Creative Consultant RYAN HARRIS
Fulfillment Coordinator SARAH GRAHAM

The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc., receives support from
THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES,
AMAZON LITERARY PARTNERSHIP, ARKANSAS ARTS COUNCIL, ARKANSAS HUMANITIES COUNCIL, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS HERITAGE,
THE JULIA CHILD FOUNDATION FOR GASTRONOMY AND THE CULINARY ARTS,
STELLA BOYLE SMITH TRUST, THE WINDGATE FOUNDATION and THE COMMUNITY OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES