The Black Body (Seven Stories Press), edited by Meri Nana-AMA Danquah Meri Danquah will be reading with Susan Hayden, Nzingha Clarke, Kenji Jasper, and Jason Luckett. Meri Nana-Ama Danquah is author of the groundbreaking memoir Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression and editor of two critically acclaimed anthologies, Becoming American and Shaking the Tree. She is a native of Ghana, a single mother, and Los Angeles resident. Photo of Meri Danquah by Korama A Danquah.