About Judy Juanita

Judy Juanita’s latest book, a collection of essays, was a finalist in the OSU Non/Fiction Collection contest in 2016. The book, DeFacto Feminism: Essays Straight Outta Oakland (EquiDistance Press, 2016) examines the distance between black and female empowerment. Her poetry and fiction have been published widely, and her plays have been produced in the Bay Area and New York City. She has taught writing at Laney College in Oakland since 1993. She lives in Oakland.