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.
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
About
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal is the author of Beast Meridian and a recipient of a 2019 Whiting Award. She is a 2021 National Endowment for the Arts fellow and lives with her son in Los Angeles.