Dear patrons, on sunday evening, blackboard plays founder, garlia cornelia jones learned of the untimely passing of celebrated writer and cultural worker, délana r.a She was a brilliant storyteller, powerful community builder, talented equestrian, and a valued member of the reese’s book club community. She was 40 years old
Délana was a friend of garlia's and around during blackboard's inception. Dameron, author of redwood court Dameron is a black southern writer and the author of weary kingdom (2017), a palmetto poetry series book edited by nikky finney, and how god ends us (2009), both from the university of south carolina press.
