Archive for May 2026

Born in San Jose to a South Indian mother and Irish-American father, Shamala Gallagher holds a BA from Stanford University, an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas-Austin; and a PhD from the University of Georgia. She is the author of Late Morning When the World Burns (The Cultural Society, 2019),…

Karenne Wood was an enrolled member of the Monocan Indian Nation, a poet, and linguistic anthropologist. She earned her MFA at George Mason University and earned her PhD from the University of Virginia, where she taught and advocated for Indigenous communities. In her poems, she often explores themes of identity, cultural heritage, and language. She…