Ananda Naima González has published short fiction in BOMB, Catapult, Lampblack, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, and the Southern Review, and her nonfiction has appeared on PEN America and in Man Repeller. She has worked for The Wylie Agency, Hachette Book Group, and as a writing mentor for the Young Artists Language and Devotion Alliance. She has taught at Armory College Prep, New York University, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. She holds a BA in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction from Columbia University.