Keenan Norris

Keenan Norris's latest novel, The Confession of Copeland Cane, was published in 2021. He is the author of the story collection By the Lemon Tree and the novel Brother and the Dancer. Native to the Inland Empire, he now lives in San Leandro, California. 

Apr 5, 2022
Oakland’s Ayodele Nzinga Forges New Memories
As a playwright, an activist, and Oakland’s inaugural poet laureate, Ayodele Nzinga boldly forges new narratives from the Black diaspor…
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Apr 7, 2021
Being a ‘Double Minority’ Made Me a Better Writer
The tragic closing of Mills College and the beautiful absurdity of being one of a handful of Black men at a private, predominantly wome…
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Oct 26, 2020
One Coyote

Coming of age during the 1990s in an Inland Empire suburb amid dogs, snakes, scorpions—and racism.

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