Join Black Mountain Institute for a reading and conversation with Alejandro Heredia, 2024-25 Shearing Fellow and the author of Loca.

Alejandro Heredia is a queer Afro-Dominican writer, educator, and community organizer from The Bronx. His debut novel, Loca, will be published by Simon and Schuster Spring 2025. He has received fellowships from Lambda Literary, VONA, and CUNY Dominican Studies Institute. His work has been featured in Teen Vogue, The Offing, LitHub, and elsewhere. Heredia received an MFA in fiction from Hunter College.

Nicholas Russell is a writer and critic from Las Vegas. His debut novel Observer is forthcoming from Ecco.