Lansana Author

Quraysh Ali Lansana is the author of eight poetry books, three textbooks, three children's books, editor of nine anthologies, and coauthor of a book of pedagogy. A former faculty member of the Creative Writing Program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he lives and works in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Skip Hill was born in Texas and lives in Oklahoma. Hill’s body of art is comprised of illustrations, murals, collage paintings, and drawings that weave a rich tapestry of styles, languages, and philosophies rooted in cultures around the world. He also illustrated How to Tie a Shoe with Penny Candy Books and spends his days painting and drawing in Normal, Oklahoma.