Destiny O. Birdsong

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Destiny O. Birdsong is an African American poet, novelist, and essayist, and the author of Nobody’s Magic: A Novel (Grand Central in 2022), as well as Negotiations: Poems (Tin House, 2020). The recipient of fellowships from Cave Canem, the Hurston/Wright Foundation, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she is from Shreveport, Louisiana and lives in Tennessee.