Latorial Faison is a JMU Furious Flower Poetry Center fellow and a recipient of the Tom Howard Poetry Prize. Born and raised in rural southeast Virginia, this poet, author, military spouse, and educator studied English Literature and Religion at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and completed graduate studies at VA TECH. Faison's writing has been selected for publication in Crab Orchard Review, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, Stonecoast Review, Deep South Magazine, Typehouse Literary Magazine, Southern Women's Review, Poetry Quarterly, Chickenbones, The Chattahoochee Review, Mandala Journal, and various other anthologies and collaborative projects. Faison, a doctoral student, teaches on the faculty at Virginia State University.