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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

Managing Editor ALLIE MARIANO
Multimedia Editor PATRICK D. MCDERMOTT
Assistant Editor CHRISTIAN LEUS
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
 TEIGHLOR CHANEY
OWEN EDGINGTON
PAIGE FUHRMAN
HANNAH WILSON-BLACK
JALON YOUNG 

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,
JOHN JEREMIAH SULLIVAN, 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

Marketing and Communications Manager KELSEY WHITE
Accounting Manager SHAVON TAYLOR
Project Specialist SHOBHITHAN KANDASAMY
Outreach Coordinator ASHLEY CLAYBORN
Creative Consultant RYAN HARRIS
Donor Services 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