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Camille Acker

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Camille Acker grew up in Washington, DC and is the author of the short story collection, Training School for Negro Girls, published by Feminist Press in 2018. She holds a B.A. in English from Howard University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from New Mexico State University. Her writing has received support from the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Voices of Our Nations Arts, and Millay Colony for the Arts, among others. She was a fiction co-editor for Dismantle: An Anthology from the VONA/Voices Workshop (Thread Makes Blanket Press, 2014). She has taught at New Mexico State University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago Writers Studio, and Blue Stoop. Her writing has appeared in a number of outlets including The New York Time B ...more

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“Some things you can only say when the streetlights are on and only parts of the world are illuminated.”
― Camille Acker, Training School for Negro Girls
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