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Margaret Gibson is the author of The Prodigal Daughter: Reclaiming an Unfinished Childhood and nine books of poetry, including One Body, Earth Elegy, The Vigil (finalist, National Book Award), Memories of the Future (Melville Cane Award) and Long Walks in the Afternoon (Lamont Selection).

Evans D. Hopkins, author of Life After Life: A Story of Rage and Redemption, wrote for the Black Panther newspaper. While serving a life sentence for armed robbery, he channeled his rage into writing. He founded the Reclamation Movement.

Kim Reid is the author of No Place Safe: A Family Memoir, her first book. She is a research project assistant at the University of Colorado and is at work on a novel.