Renee H. Shea

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Renee H. Shea, formerly professor of English at Bowie State University in Maryland, interviews contemporary authors in World Literature Today, most recently Nicole Chung. She frequently contributes to Poets & Writers, most recently a profile of Camille Dungy (May/June 2023). She is currently doing a series for the American Book Review on “The Laureates.” The initial interview is with J. Drew Lanham, poet laureate of Edgefield County, South Carolina, and will appear in the September 2023 issue. She also writes English language arts textbooks for Bedford, Freeman & Worth.