CRUEL/CRUEL - Dior J. Stephens - Bog

*Author has been awarded many fellowships including the Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ Voices Fellowship in 2021, Yates Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati and Peach Mag Best of the Net Nominee in 2021.
*Author has been published in journals like Peach Mag (2021), Ligeia Magazine (2020) and Black Voices of Pride (2020).
*Author has taught english, ESL and Academic Writing for over 10 years
*Author is a active member of the Cincinnati poetry community who hosts the reading series GET LIT with Nomadic Press and has been a guest editor for Black Voices of Pride Collection at VarietyPack Magazine and Ghost City Press¿s 2020 Summer Reading Series
*Author holds a B.A. in Theater from Columbia College, MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from California College of the Arts and is a a PhD candidate in Philosophy with a Creative Writing Focus (Poetry) at University of Cincinnati