Maya Johnson

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Maya Johnson is Afrofuturist fiction writer, essayist, and magazine journalist. As a Black, queer writer she defines politics through interpersonal relationships, focusing on topics of generational trauma, romance, and identity. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara’s Writing and Literature program, Maya has written across a variety of literary forms for Locavore Lit LA, Laurel Moon, Beyond Thought, Bull Magazine, The 45th Parallel, WORD Magazine, and University of California Santa Barbara’s Humanities and Fine Arts. She has edited poetry for WORD: Isla Vista’s Arts and Culture Magazine and Spectrum Literary Magazine.

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"I loved this book!

The author has such beautiful prose and a captivating, witty voice throughout. Her vulnerability and honesty is something I admire so deeply, as I’m sure anyone who reads this memoir will also feel. This authenticity is sometimes r" Read more of this review »
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"This book is thoughtful, introspective, and hilariously astute. The dry observations are ON POINT and had me cracking up. Go read it!!"
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