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Chris Abani

Editorial Board Member, since 2012

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Northwestern University

Chris Abani is the author of five books of fiction and seven poetry collections. His
work has been translated into fourteen languages. His awards include the PEN USA Freedom-to-Write Award, the Prince Claus Award, a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, a PEN Beyond the Margins Award, the PEN Hemingway Book Prize, and a Guggenheim Award. His essays have been featured in Witness, Parkett, The New York Times, O Magazine, and Bomb. He is Board of Trustees Professor of English at Northwestern University.