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MaKshya Tolbert

MaKshya Tolbert serves as the chair of the Charlottesville Tree Commission and as the guest curator for the New City Arts Fellowship. A graduate of the University of Virginia's Creative Writing MFA program, Tolbert is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and fellowships from Community of Writers, Tin House, and Roots. Wounds. Words. Inc. with work in the Kenyon Review and Tupelo Quarterly, among other outlets. In free moments, Tolbert is elsewhere—a place Eddie S. Glaude Jr. calls “that physical or metaphorical place that affords the space to breathe.”
Shade is a place

Books

Shade is a place

Books for Women’s History Month

In honor of Women’s History Month in March, we are sharing books by women who have shaped history and have fought for their communities. Our list includes books about women who fought for racial justice, abortion rights, disability justice, equality in the workplace, and more, with insight on their remarkable lives that inspired others to

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