Alice Randall is a New York Times bestselling novelist, award-winning songwriter, and educator. She is widely recognized as one of the most significant voices in modern Black fiction and has emerged as an innovative food activist committed to reforms that support healthy bodies and healthy communities. She lives in Nashville where she writes country songs and is a Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, Writer-in-Residence at Vanderbilt University. Please visit her on X and Instragram at @MsAliceRandall.

2024 Festival Session