birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name alma_mater
los angeles american 1967 dana johnson
 dana johnson university of southern california ; indiana university
dana johnson

dana johnson -lrb- born 1967 -rrb- is an american writer and associate professor at the university of southern california .
honors include the flannery o'connor award for short fiction , and being named a nominee for the hurston/wright legacy award .
her writing has appeared in `` callaloo '' , `` the iowa review , '' and elsewhere .
