Chantal James
Biography of Chantal James
Chantal James lives in Washington, D.C., and has been published across genres—as a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and book reviewer—in such venues as Catapult, Paste, Harvard’s Transition, The Bitter Southerner, and more. James’s honors include a Fulbright Fellowship in creative writing to Morocco and a finalist position for the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize from the North Carolina Literary Review in 2019.
She was nominated for the John Leonard Prize for Best First Book from the National Book Critics Circle, chosen by Kirkus Reviews as one of their ten most anticipated fiction books of the year, selected by the American Booksellers’ Association for its Indie Next List, and selected by writers Deesha Philyaw, Kiese Laymon, and Robert Jones, Jr. for their inaugural Lit 16 reading series for her debut novel None but the Righteous published by Counterpoint Press.
For over a decade, she has contributed regularly to On the Ground, a radio show airing voices of resistance from the nation’s capital on 89.3FM locally and internationally through the Pacifica Network.
Learn more at Chantal James’s official website.
