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Hadera McKay is a writer born in Texas, raised by parents of Afro-Caribbean descent, influenced by extended West Coast family legacy, and now based in Boston, Massachusetts. She writes a lot about the convergence of pop culture and Blackness. Hadera is currently pursuing a BA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing and an accelerated MA in Publishing and Writing at Emerson College.
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