
Jerika Marchan was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the American South. A graduate of Louisiana State University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she lives in New Orleans. Her debut SWOLE (Futurepoem, 2018) was the June 2018 poetry bestseller on Small Press Distribution and was named a Must-Read Race and Culture Book of the Summer by Colorlines magazine.
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