william o’neal ii is a writer & educator from the American South. Their poems & essays have appeared in the Erotic Review, HouseHouse Magazine, ONLY POEMS, USA Today, & elsewhere. Their plays have been developed for small stages in New York, Los Angeles & Atlanta. They have been supported by fellowships from the Stanley Award for International Research & the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. william is the author of the chapbook Love/Sick/American (Black Lawrence Press, 2027), winner of the Cave Canem 2027 Derricotte/ Eady Prize. They have been supported by fellowships from the Stanley Award for International Research & the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

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