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Kima Jones

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Kima Jones is the founder of Jack Jones Literary Arts, a Los Angeles-based book publicity agency for black and brown writers, where, for five years, she worked as lead strategist on all publicity campaigns. In 2017, Kima founded the Jack Jones Literary Arts retreat—a two-week respite and book incubator for black and brown nonbinary and women writers. The Los Angeles Times called Kima "2018's literary breakthrough" and "an important new voice on the national stage." In 2019, Kima founded Culture, Too—a mentorship conference for black and brown cultural critics. She was recognized as the 2019 Recipient of the Energizer Award for Exceptional Acts of Literary Citizenship by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP).

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	Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History by Asher Rose Fox (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daniel José Older (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Thoraiya Dyer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 2 by Kathe Koja (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Michael Kelly (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Foreword), Nathan Ballingrud (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McSweeney's Issue 53 (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, #53) by Dave Eggers (Editor), Chelsea Bieker (Goodreads Author), Daniel Gumbiner 4.02 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lightspeed Magazine, January 2017 by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Molly Tanzer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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