Candace Wiley
Candace was born in S.C., graduated with her B.A. from Bowie State University, an H.B.C.U. in M.D., her M.A. from Clemson University, and her M.F.A. at the University of South Carolina. Wiley has recently finished a Fulbright Fellowship in San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia. The town was founded by Africans who had escaped from Cartagena slavery and the people have their own language and customs that trace back to the Bantu and Kikongo in West Africa. Candace is now living, teaching, and writing in South Carolina. Her work has appeared in Best American Poetry, 2015, Electronic Corpse, Prairie Schooner, pluck!, Jasper, and Home is Where among others.