Mitchell L. H. Douglas is the author of dying in the scarecrow’s arms, \blak\ \al-fə bet\, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award, and Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem, an NAACP Image Award nominee. He is a cofounder of the Affrilachian Poets, a Cave Canem graduate, and Associate Professor of English at Indiana University Indianapolis.
The first round of events in support of Universal Corner include a book signing and off-site reading at the 2026 AWP conference in Baltimore and an appearance on Indianapolis station WISH-TV. Tour info will be updated here frequently as new dates become available.
