Marcia L. McNair

MARCIA L. MCNAIR earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Dartmouth College and her master’s degree in writing from New York University. McNair was an assistant editor at Essence Magazine and is currently an Associate Professor of English, Journalism, and Women’s Studies at Nassau Community College. She serves as Executive Director and Founder of Long Island Girl Talk, a youth development program. Her non-fiction work published in Seasoned Women (2008), and her essays have appeared in Mothers R Special/Celebrating Momma N’em (2017), and Issues in Feminism/ An Introduction to Women’s Studies/Fifth Edition (2001). In 2006 and 2007, McNair received a grant from the Long Island Council for the Arts for her collaborative performance, Diary of a Mad Black Feminist, now known as the award-winning Sistas on Fire! An excerpt from her first novel, E-Males (2007), was performed at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 2009. Originally from New Jersey, she has resided on Long Island for over twenty years. www.sistasonfire.com.