ML's Story

BIO:

ML Dumars earned a BA in Humanities from Tulane University. She resides in her home town of Shreveport, Louisiana, where she writes about small town experiences and people who create intriguing communities. Through the challenges faced by diverse characters, she exposes the brave relationships they form in societies influenced by stereotypes, beliefs, sexual orientation, and ethnic bias.

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ARTIST STATEMENT:

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Writing is an act of rendering deep observations. I recreate minute details of simple life and the complex characters who live them. My works expose the possibilities of relationships influenced by stereotypes, spiritual beliefs, sexual orientation, and ethnic bias. The characters are challenged and transformed by extraordinary events in ordinary settings, earthly and celestial. Many of my short stories draw from small town experiences in rural black communities. These characters reflect real and imagined reactions to conflicts in everyday life.  Though my exploration of life in small black towns and villages such as Natchez, Louisiana, I form a backdrop for vivid personalities to thrive.

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CV/RESUME:

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“What If?” published in Up All Night anthology

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Garden Writer for SB Magazine 2014-2016

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“Cultivating Knowledge” performed at SRAC in 2015

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Storytelling at SRAC in 2016 & 2017

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Short stories and poems published in Fleur de Lit Literary Magazine 2017-2018

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“Growing Up Country” published in Short Edition Digital StoryLab 2018

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For more information, check out my page at ML Dumars (@ml_dumars) - Culturalyst

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