Nina Angela Mercer (Writer, Haint Blu) is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural worker. Her plays include Gutta Beautiful; ITAGUA MEJI: A ROAD AND A PRAYER; Gypsy & The Bully Door; and A Compulsion for Breathing. Her writing is published in Black Renaissance Noire; Continuum: The Journal of African Diaspora Drama, Theatre and Performance; BreakBeat Poets Vol 2: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Press); Are You Entertained? Black Popular Culture in the 21st Century (Duke University Press); Performance Research Journal; Represent! New Plays for Multicultural Young People (Bloomsbury Press); and A Gathering of the Tribes Online Magazine. Find more at www.ninaangelamercer.com.