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  <name><![CDATA[Samiya Bashir]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.samiyabashir.com&quot;&gt;Samiya Bashir&lt;/a&gt; is the author of two collections of poetry, &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;../books/gospel/index.htm&quot;&gt;Gospel (2009),&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;../books/wheretheapplefalls/index.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Where the Apple Falls,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; which was a finalist for the 2005 Lambda Literary Award. Bashir is the editor of two groundbreaking anthologies: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1573441635/103-4867448-5202208?v=glance&amp;amp;n=283155&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Best Black Women&amp;rsquo;s Erotica 2,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and co-editor, with Tony Medina and Quraysh Ali Lansana, of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thirdworldpressinc.com/ProductDetail.asp?ID=2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social &amp;amp; Political Black Literature &amp;amp; Art.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; She has also published two chapbook poetry collections:&lt;em&gt; Wearing Shorts on the First Day of Spring&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;American Visa.&lt;/em&gt; Bashir&amp;rsquo;s poetry, stories, articles, essays and editorial work have been featured in numerous publications including: &lt;em&gt;Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Other Countries: Voices Rising, Callaloo, Reverie, Carry the Word, Essence, Obsidian III, Cave Canem #7, Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint, Contemporary American Women Poets, Best Lesbian Erotica 03, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Ms. Magazine, Black Issues Book Review, Curve, Vibe, Seventeen, XXL, Lambda Book Report,&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;The American Journal of Public Health. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bashir is a fellow with Cave Canem and a founding organizer of&lt;a href=&quot;http://fireandink.org&quot;&gt; Fire &amp;amp; Ink,&lt;/a&gt; a writer&amp;rsquo;s festival for LGBT writers of African descent. She is currently an Artist in Residence with The Austin Project.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title><![CDATA[Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social &amp; Political Black Art &amp; Literature]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tony Medina]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Quraysh Ali Lansana]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Where the Apple Falls]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gospel: poems]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Best Black Women's Erotica 2]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Best Black Women's Erotica 2 (v. 2)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Queer Codex: Rooted!]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ana-maurine Lara]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cheryl Coward]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sharon Bridgforth]]></name>
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