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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

Assistant Editors CHRISTIAN LEUS, ALLIE MARIANO
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
TILLIE LEFFORGE, ALEXA NORSBY, ANNIKA WARRICK, ZHENZHEN YU

Archive Intern
WINNIE LITCHFIELD

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, JESSICA LYNNE, ALEX MAR, GREIL MARCUS, 
TAYLER MONTAGUE, DUNCAN MURRELL, CHRIS OFFUTT, IMANI PERRY,
AMANDA PETRUSICH, PADGETT POWELL, JAMIE QUATRO, DAVID RAMSEY, 
DIANE ROBERTS, ZANDRIA F. ROBINSON, CARINA DEL VALLE SCHORSKE 

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
Account Executive  GINGER ROELL

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 JULIA CHILD FOUNDATION FOR GASTRONOMY AND THE CULINARY ARTS,
STELLA BOYLE SMITH TRUST, THE WINDGATE FOUNDATION, THE COMMUNITY OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES, WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, and WATSON-BROWN FOUNDATION