Past Resident

Sandra Jackson-Opoku 

Sandra Jackson-Opoku is the author of novels The River Where Blood is Born and Hot Johnny (and the Women Whom Loved Him). Her fiction, poetry, essays, and dramatic works are widely published and produced. With Qurasyh Ali Lansana, she co-edited the anthology Revise the Psalm: Work Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Penguin Random House

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