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My love and gratitude forever to my mother, Dawn Valore Martin (1957?2017), whose determination made me believe in the possibility of a better world, whose love made me believe in myself, whose love for telling stories made me believe in their power, and for whom I will be trying to find the right words for the rest of my life.





About the Author

Danielle Evans is the author of the story collection Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, winner of the PEN America PEN/Robert W. Bingham prize, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and the Paterson Prize, and a National Book Foundation "5 under 35" selection. Her stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories. She teaches in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.