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Kalisha Buckhanon

Kalisha Buckhanon is a small town born-and-raised Midwesterner, big city girl since college at University of Chicago, and Manhattan-made author launched by The New School's M.F.A. program at only age 26. Her celebrated novels are UPSTATE, CONCEPTION, SOLEMN and SPEAKING OF SUMMER. She's been a true crime commentator for BET, ID and TV One as well as inner city teacher, English as a second language instructor and writing professor. She loves culture, books, movies, vegetarian food and live music or theater. She lives and works between Chicago and NYC, but visit her anytime at Kalisha.com.

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