C. Liegh McInnis

C. LIEGH MCINNIS is an instructor of English at Jackson State University. He is the former publisher and editor of Black Magnolias Literary Journal, the author of eight books, including four collections of poetry; a collection of short fiction, Scripts: Sketches and Tales of Urban Mississippi (1998); a work of literary criticism, The Lyrics of Prince: A Literary Look at a Creative, Musical Poet, Philosopher, and Storyteller (2009); and is the co-author of, Brother Hollis: The Sankofa of a Movement Man (2016). His work has appeared in numerous journals including The Southern Quarterly, The Pierian, New Delta Review, The Black World Today, In Motion Magazine, MultiCultural Review, A Deeper Shade, New Laurel Review, ChickenBones, and Journal of Ethnic American Literature; and the anthologies, Down to the Dark River: Contemporary Poems about the Mississippi River (2015), Black Hollywood Unchained: Commentary on the State of Black Hollywood (2015), Black Gold: An Anthology of Black Poetry (2015), and Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam (2001). www.psychedelicliterature.com.