Nia Dickens, Fiction Writer
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About this writer 

Nia Dickens is a fiction writer, whose work centers on Southern Black coming-of-age narratives. She's a former fellow of Richard Hugo House, alum of Hurston/Wright and VONA Voices workshops, and recipient of MVICW's 2020 Voices of Color Fellowship. 

​Dickens currently serves as a teaching artist for Write253, a Tacoma-based  nonprofit for youth writers. In Fall 2020, she began an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Miami. Her work can be found in Tahoma Literary Review and Wraparound South.

​The recording of  her latest 
flash piece "The prayer Sally Hemings's mother teaches about boys named Thomas" can be found on Soundcloud. 
Copyright: Nia Dickens, 2017
Update: April 2021
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