Destiny O. Birdsong

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Destiny O. Birdsong is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work has appeared in the Paris Review Daily, African American Review, and Catapult, among other publications. Her debut poetry collection, Negotiations, was published in 2020 by Tin House and was longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Voelcker Award. Her debut novel, Nobody's Magic, was published in February 2022 from Grand Central Publishing. During July 2022, she was the Hurston-Wright Foundation's inaugural Writer-in-Residence at Rutgers University-Newark. She will also serve as an Artist-in-Residence at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville from 2022-2023. Connect with her below.

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Best American Poetry 2021

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