Blessing J. Christopher is an MFA candidate at Virginia Tech. She has participated in writing workshops and residencies, including The FEMRITE African Women Writers Workshop in Sweden, The Wole Soyinka Foundation Cultural Exchange Program in Lebanon, and the Ebedi International Writers’ Residency. She was shortlisted for the Writivism Short Story Prize in 2017. Her short stories, essays, and interviews have appeared or are forthcoming in X-R-A-Y, The Rumpus, Salt Hill, JMWW, Jalada, Munyori, and other places.