Lauri Ramey is a poet and scholar whose PhD is in contemporary poetry from University of Chicago. She is Director of the Center for Contemporary Poetry and Poetics and a professor of creative writing and English at California State University, Los Angeles. Her books include Black British Writing (with R. Victoria Arana), Every Goodbye Ain't Gone (with Aldon Lynn Nielsen) and The Heritage Series of Black Poetry, 1962-1975 (with Paul Breman). Her poetry recently appeared in nthposition, Poetrybay, NYC BigCityLit and Lounge Lit.