Unoma N. Azuah teaches English at Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee. She has an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, and an MA in English from Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. Her BA in English is from the University of Nigeria Nigeria, Nsukka. Her awards include Hellman/Hammett, Leonard Trawick and ANA/NDDC Nwapa. She is the author of SKY HIGH FLAMES (Poems) and THE LENGHT OF LIGHT (Short Stories).