Tameka Cage Conley, PhD is a literary artist who writes poetry, fiction, plays, librettos, and essays. Her work has appeared in Callaloo, African American Review, Huizache, The Portable Boog Reader 7, and verysmartbrothas.theroot.com. She has received fellowships from the Cave Canem Poetry Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She is an MFA Candidate at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She is completing her first novel.