Originally from The Bahamas, A.L. has received fellowships and residencies from Aspen Words, Tin House, Baldwin for The Arts, and Monson Arts.
Their work has appeared in Vice Magazine and Subtropics. They earned their MFA in fiction from the University of Michigan, where they were also awarded a Hopwood Novel Award.
They are currently working on their debut novel, Every Day You Wake You Raise the Dead.
A.L. is the Director of Online Programs at Tin House.