by Nailah Matthews

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About the Author

Nailah Mathews is a Brooklyn-based writer to whom books and Black lives matter. Their debut chapbook better hands, selected by Natalie Diaz as winner of the 2023 Gloria E. Anzaldúa Prize, was released in April 2025 with Newfound. When not writing, find them either ankle deep in other people’s stories or whittling away at the next great anti-colonial fantasy epic of our time. You can read more of their work at nailahwritesnovels.com.