cw: mental illness, depression
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J.T. Smith (He/They) is a poet and novelist based in Wilmington, North Carolina. They are a MFA candidate at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where their work deals with the gorgeous, complicated intersections of Blackness, queerness, and Southern identity.
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