Té V. Smith is the author of the chapbook, PERMISSION TO SPEAK (Spokenvisions 1990), the collection, HERE WE ARE, and his first Middle Grade novel is set for release October 2022 through Hiddentimber Books. Té’s short fiction appears or is forthcoming in several publications such as Tin House, Blavity, Black Girl in Ohm, and The Kenyan Review. Té lives, teaches History and Creative Writing in New Orleans.