Wandeka Gayle is the author of Motherland and Other Stories (Peepal Tree Press 2020). She is a Jamaican writer, visual artist, and Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Spelman College. She earned her Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and has received writing fellowships from Kimbilio Fiction, Callaloo, the Hurston/Wright Foundation, and the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Prairie Schooner, Transition, Interviewing the Caribbean and other journals and magazines.
Wandeka Gayle
Author
Jamaica, USA
Bio
Years Attended
2021 Adult's Festival Participant