T Kira Māhealani Madden is a diasporic Kanaka 'Ōiwi, Native Hawaiian, writer and author of the acclaimed memoir "Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls," which was named a New York Times Editors' Choice, as well as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize and the Lambda Literary Award. She is the founding editor of No Tokens, a magazine of literature and art and is also winner of the 2021 Judith A. Markowitz Award. Currently, she is an assistant professor at Hamilton College in Creative Writing and Indigenous studies.
Communities: LGBTQ+, Indigenous or Native American, diasporic Native Hawaiian
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