Nagueyalti Warren, PhD,is a professor in the Department of African American Studies at Emory University, where she has taught literature and a seminar on the works of Alice Walker for thirty years. She is the editor of Temba Tupu (Walking Naked): Africana Women’s Poetic Self-Portrait (2005) and Critical Insights: Alice Walker (2012). In addition to works of poetry—including Margaret, A Persona Poem (2008)—Warren is the author of W. E. B. Du Bois: Grandfather of Black Studies (2011).