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.
Gabrielle Lawrence
About
Gabrielle (they/them) is based on Tongva, Kizh, and Chumash land, also known as Los Angeles. They are most drawn to community-oriented storytelling and qualitative approaches to big, complicated questions. Particularly, stories that revolve around food, art, and environment. They have an MFA in Creative Writing. Previously, they were the Managing Editor for TransLash News and Narrative, a trans storytelling platform. They were a graduate fellow with the Oxford American Magazine, Editor in Chief of Linden Avenue Literary Journal, and Managing Editor at The Tenth Magazine, an independent Black queer media organization. Their poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net and Best New Poets. Gabrielle also has the pleasure of serving on the LA Chapter Board of the The Association of LGBTQ Journalists. To get in touch, visit www.gabrielle-l.com.