I am so grateful for my workshop leaders and writing instructors: AlexDimitrov, Fred Marchant, Sean Singer, Nickole Brown, Marae Hart, Nathan McCain, Nicole Sealey, Patricia Spears Jones, Justing Wymer, Frances Richey, Daniel Lawless, Dorianne Laux, Fred D’Aguiar, Omotara James, Joan Kwon Glass, January Gill O’Neil, Michele Gilliam Maria M. Gillan and Jennifer Franklin. It takes a village.