Writers Studio Ralph Dickey Scholar Roman Johnson Named 2025 Lambda Literary Fellow

Roman Johnson, Ph.D., Writers Studio Ralph Dickey Scholar, has been named a Lambda Literary Fellow. Starting July 31st, Johnson joins the 2025 Fellows in a 10-day writing retreat for emerging LGBTQ+ writers. Congratulations, Roman!

In addition to being a Lambda Literary Fellow, Roman holds a doctorate in medical sociology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a MA in African American Studies from Georgia State University, and a B.A. in political science from Morehouse College. He is currently a Master of Fine Arts scholar in poetry at Brown University. He is also the co-founder of the New England Hoodoo Society and the current Radical Reversal Poet in Residence at the Suffolk County House of Corrections in Boston, Massachusetts. His work concerns itself with grief, longing, masculinity, violence, and connection and can be found in Obsidian, African Voices Magazine, and elsewhere.