Poet | Fiction Writer | Professor | Literary Activist | Impresario
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James E Cherry is a poet, fiction writer, professor, literary activist and impresario. He is the author of four books of poetry two novels and a collection of short fiction. His latest novel, Edge of the Wind, was re-issued in 2022 from Stephen F. Austin University Press. His latest collection of poetry, Between Chance and Mercy, is forthcoming from Willow Books. He has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award, a Lillian Smith Book Award and a Next Generation Indie Book Award. His writing have been published in journals and anthologies both in the U.S. and internationally. Cherry has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Texas at El Paso and resides in Tennessee with his wife, Tammy.
“Just because someone writes about their culture, that doesn’t mean they’re limited or myopic in scope. It actually means they have the ability to connect with other human beings no matter what race or religion they may be.”
— JAMES E CHERRY
“The thing is today, you don’t have to move to New York to write like it was fifty or sixty years ago. You can write where you are. . . . For me, it depends on the writers themselves and how bad they really want to do what they want to do. ”
— JAMES E CHERRY
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E. Ethelbert Miller interviews James Cherry — Author of "Between Chance and Mercy"
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