Jason McCall is an Alabama native, and he currently teaches at the University of Alabama. He holds an MFA from the University of Miami, and his collections include Silver (Main Street Rag), I Can Explain (Finishing Line Press), Dear Hero, (winner of the 2012 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize), and the forthcoming Mother, Less Child (winner of the 2013 Paper Nautilus Vella Chapbook Prize).
Fruitvale Station is more than just the story of a black man with bad luck. It is a story about the foundation of the United States of America, and this country was founded on equal parts endurance and lies.