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Jacqueline Jones LaMon

Currently President of Cave Canem’s Board of Directors and a member of the board since 2009, LaMon is the author of two collections of poems, Last Seen, a Felix Pollak Poetry…

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Quraysh Ali Lansana

Quraysh Ali Lansana is author of eight poetry books, three textbooks, three children’s books, editor of eight anthologies, and coauthor of a book of pedagogy. He is a faculty member…

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Ana-Maurine Lara

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Rickey Laurentiis

Rickey Laurentiis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Cave Canem Foundation, the Ruth Lilly Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation, and a Chancellor’s…

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Lee , Kateema

Kateema Lee

Kateema Lee is a Washington D.C. native. Her recent work has been published in print and online journals such as Beltway Poetry Quarterly, African American Review, Gargoyle, Baltimore Review, and…

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Sherry Quan Lee

Sherry Quan Lee, MFA, 1996, University of Minnesota, and first year Cave Canem participant 1996 is the author of Love Imagined:  a mixed race memoir; a Minnesota Book Award Finalist 2015, Modern…

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Lee , Virginia

Virginia Lee

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Raina Leon

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Robin Coste Lewis

ROBIN COSTE LEWIS’ writing has appeared in The Massachusetts Review, The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Callaloo, GCN, The Pocket Myth Series, and anthologized in Black Silk and The Encyclopedia…

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Leyva, Steven

Steven Leyva

Steven Leyva was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and raised in Houston, Texas. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in 2 Bridges Review, Scalawag, Nashville Review, jubilat, Vinyl, Prairie…

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Lightfoot , Toni

Toni Lightfoot

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Lilley , Gary

Gary Lilley

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Essence London

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Long , Doc

Doc Long

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Lott , April

April Lott

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Lovings , Kenyetta

Kenyetta Lovings

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Lynch , Charles

Charles Lynch

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