Writers at Work: Chris L. Terry

Resisting Backstory

Thursday, February 11, 2027 6:00PM 
Fourth Floor Program Room

Chris L. Terry is author of the novels Black Card (Catapult, 2019) and Zero Fade (Curbside Splendor, 2013), and co-editor with James Spooner of the literary anthology Black Punk Now (Soft Skull, 2023). His recent writing has appeared in Rejection Letters, Razorcake, and the 120 Murders anthology.

Terry was born to a Black father and white mother, spent his youth touring in punk bands, and is now Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

His writing often explores punk counterculture, multiracial Black identity, and ideas of home and nostalgia; and his books have received accolades from NPR, The Guardian, Pitchfork, Kirkus Reviews, and more. 

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