L. Lamar Wilson, a Florida A&M alumnus, has received fellowships from, among others, the Cave Canem, Civitella Ranieri, Ragdale, and Hurston-Wright foundations and the Florida Education Fund.

He holds an MFA from Virginia Tech and a doctorate in African American and multiethnic American poetics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wilson’s work centers the voices and experiences of Black and Brown folk, particularly femmes, thriving in the rural South despite relentless, centuries-long homegrown terrorism.

After nearly 18 years of award-winning editing in several of the nation’s top newsrooms, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, and appointments at Davidson College, the University of Alabama, and Wake Forest University, Wilson teaches creative writing, literature, and film studies at Florida State University and in the low-residency MFA program at Mississippi University for Women. Presented in partnership with Lolita Stewart White/ Richard Blanco iPrep Academy - Visionary Artist Sessions.