This Spring, the OA will focus on food.

Through fresh reporting, in-depth profiles, and daring personal essays, this issue will explore what we eat: people, industries, and tastes that both build and challenge our ideas of Southern food.

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Emily Skaja


About

Emily Skaja was born and raised in rural Illinois. Her first book, BRUTE, won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. She is the recipient of fellowships from Civitella Ranieri and the National Endowment for the Arts. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of Memphis.

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