Circle of Thought

Kimberly Mack is a Ph.D. Candidate in English, specializing in 20th- and 21st-century African-American literature at the University of California at Los Angeles. Her dissertation, The Fictional Black Blues Figure: Blues Music and the Art of Narrative Self-Invention, explores the autobiographical impulse in contemporary American blues fiction, drama, and popular music. Kimberly is also a music journalist who has written for national and international publications including Music Connection, Village Voice, Relix, PopMatters, and Hot Press. She will begin a tenure-track Assistant Professor of African-American literature position at the University of Toledo in the fall of 2015.Haines Hall Room135