LYDIA MATHIS is a Black writer, editor, creator, and the author of Desperate Bodies: Stories (Roxane Gay Books). She has an MFA in fiction from New York University and earned her B.A. in English literature with a minor in classical civilizations from Agnes Scott College. She has worked as a teacher for Teach for America in Memphis, Tennessee, and as a teaching fellow at Coler-Goldwater Hospital in New York. She is the recipient of A Public Space’s 2023 editorial fellowship and currently serves as an assistant editor at the publishing house. Her stories have appeared in North American Review, Southeast Review, Torch Magazine, Stanchion, Five on the Fifth, and Oranges Journal. She is based in Atlanta.
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