The Slave’s Descendant Addresses King Cotton

Chavonn Williams Shen’s writing has appeared in Diode, Anomaly, AGNI, Yemassee, and elsewhere. A Tin House, VONA, and Hurston/Wright workshop alum, she is a 2022 McKnight Writing fellow and was a first runner-up for The Los Angeles Review Flash Fiction Contest. (updated 4/2023)