Hannah V. Sawyerr is a Sierra Leonean-American poet and novelist. In 2016 she was recognized as the Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore in 2016. Her spoken word has been featured on the BBC’s World Have Your Say program, as well as the National Education Association’s “Do You Hear Us?” campaign. Her written word has been included in gal-dem, Rookie, and xoNecole. She holds a BA in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Currently, she is an English professor at Loyola Marymount University and lives in Los Angeles, California. Her debut novel, All the Fighting Parts, is forthcoming from Amulet/Abrams Books on September 19, 2023.
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