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Riché Richardson is currently an associate professor of African American literature in the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University. Her first book, Black Masculinity and the U.S. South: From Uncle Tom to Gangsta (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2007), was highlighted by Choice Books among the "Outstanding Academic Titles of 2008." Since 2005, she has served as the co-editor of the New Southern Studies book series at the University of Georgia Press. Richardson is also a visual artist.