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Biography

Camille Acker is the author of the critically acclaimed short story collection Training School for Negro Girls published by The Feminist Press in 2018. She grew up in Washington, D.C, and holds a B.A. in English from Howard University and an M.F.A in Creative Writing from New Mexico State University. She has more than twenty years of experience as a writer and editor helping to bring the stories of women, girls, and people of color to life. Over the course of her career, she has been an editor for online, print, academic, government, and on-demand publications. Her writing has received support from the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Voices of Our Nations Arts, and Millay Colony for the Arts, among others. She was a fiction co-editor for Dismantle: An Anthology from the VONA/Voices Workshop (Thread Makes Blanket Press, 2014). Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Electric Literature, LitHub, and many other outlets. She currently lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Total articles 49

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  What to Read When Celebrating Black History

  By Camille Acker, Nekesa Afia, Hanif Abdurraqib, Wild Women

  Feb. 11, 2022

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  Forget 'The Star-Spangled Banner'-listen to the black national anthem

  By Camille Acker

  Feb. 01, 2021

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  Did 'Baby Boom' Predict the Millennial Woman's Future?

  By Camille Acker

  Feb. 01, 2021

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