Colette Parris is a Caribbean-American attorney who returned to her literary roots during the pandemic. She received a B.A. in English from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Her poetry and prose can be found in various journals, including Michigan Quarterly Review, Scoundrel Time, Cleaver Magazine, Lunch Ticket, and LEON Literary Review. Three of her stories have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Home is Westchester County, New York, where she is strenuously avoiding exercise, devouring British mystery novels, studiously not watching the news, and gently reminding people that her first name only has one l.
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