Marcus Clayton is a multi-genre Afro-Latino writer from South Gate, CA, who holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the California State University of Long Beach and is an executive editor for Indicia Literary Journal. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Southern California, focusing his studies on the intersections between Latinx literature, Black literature, Decolonization, and Punk Rock. Some published work can be seen or is forthcoming in The Oxford Handbook of Punk Rock, Indiana Review, Passages North, Apogee Journal, [Pank] Magazine, and Glass Poetry Press among many others.

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Q&A

Q&A with Gabrielle Civil, author of ( ghost gestures )

By MARCUS CLAYTON

I call myself a hustler because I’m blessed.