Leesa Fenderson is polishing a collection of short stories. Her work appears in Story Magazine, Craft Literary Magazine, Callaloo Journal, Vibe Magazine, Moko Magazine, Paper Darts Magazine, and elsewhere. Leesa was born in Jamaica, grew up in Jamaica, Queens, and currently writes in Kingston, Jamaica and NYC. She is a PhD candidate and Provost Fellow in USC’s Creative Writing and Literature Program. She believes deeply that art and rest are modes of resistance.
