About the Artist
Recently accepted into the renowned Tin House Summer Workshop, Stephani E. D. McDow’s writing has been published in Day Eight's Diaspora Cafe: DC, Bourgeon, Still Point Arts Quarterly, Genre: Urban Arts No. 7, and Femme Literati: Mixtape Anthology. Her work, including a poem entitled “Tired,” and an essay, “A Letter to My Son,” was anthologized alongside nationally prominent voices such as Jericho Brown, Lucille Clifton, Tess Gallagher, Ilya Kaminsky, Dunya Mikhail, Marge Piercy, and Danez Smith in Raven Chronicle Press’ Take a Stand: Art Against Hate, winner of the 2021 Washington State Book Award for Poetry. Formerly a contributing author and freelance writer/editor, her work has been praised by esteemed editors, authors, and journalists.
In addition to being a poet and writer, she provides nonprofit/association management, professional development, and training consulting; and diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging assessment and strategy. An avid social justice advocate, she is a lupus warrior and a sexual assault survivor, speaking on behalf of, supporting, and volunteering for organizations and movements aligned with causes for which she is passionate including the Lupus Foundation of America and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN). A native D.C. Washingtonian, she currently resides in Maryland and is working on her first novel. Learn more by visiting http://stephanimcdow.com.
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