Angelique Stevens

ANGELIQUE STEVENS teaches creative writing, literature of genocide, and race literatures. Her nonfiction can be found in Literary Hub, New England Review, and The Chattahoochee Review. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bennington College and an MA from SUNY Brockport in literature. Her honors include an alumni fellowship from Bennington College’s MFA program; fellowships from the Bread Loaf, Tin House, Sewanee, and Kenyon Review writers workshops; a fellowship to the inaugural cohort of the Periplus Collective; and a fellowship to the Lighthouse Writers Workshop Book Project. She is a founding member of the Straw Mat Writers Group and a member of the board of directors of Water for South Sudan. She finds inspiration in wandering—being in places that push the boundaries of comfort, experience, knowledge, and hunger.

- The Best American Essays 2022 (pp. 289). HarperCollins.