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Eisa Ulen
Author, Educator
Eisa Nefertari Ulen is the author of Crystelle Mourning, a novel described by the Washington Post as “a call for healing in the African American community from generations of hurt and neglect.” She is the recipient of a Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center Fellowship for Young African American Fiction Writers and a Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship.
Eisa was nominated by Essence magazine for a National Association of Black Journalists Award, and she won a National Association of Black Journalists Award for her contribution to the Heart & Soul magazine series “State of Our Girls.” She has contributed to numerous other publications, including the Washington Post, Ms., Ebony, Health, TheRoot.com, TheDefendersOnline.com, TheGrio.com, and CreativeNonfiction.org.
Her essays have been widely anthologized, and explore topics ranging from hip-hop to contemporary black literature.
Ulen graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and earned a master’s degree from Columbia University. She has taught at Hunter College and The Pratt Institute.
A founding member of Ringshout: A Place for Black Literature, she lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn. You can reach Eisa online at: www.EisaUlen.com.