River City Writers' Series Current Speakers

Morgan Parker

Morgan Parker is a nationally recognized poet, novelist, and essayist. She has written three books of poetry, including this year's Magical Negro and 2017's There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce. She also has a young adult novel, Who Put This Song On?, that's based on her teenage years and was just released on September 24th of this year. Over the past few years, Parker's work has been published in major outlets like The New York Times, The Nation, Buzzfeed, The Paris Review, and Poetry. 

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