Dennis A. Williams is the author of three novels—Epistrophy (CreateSpace, 2011), Somebody’s Child (Simon & Schuster, 1998) and Crossover (Summit, 1992)—and co- author, with John A. Williams, of If I Stop I’ll Die: The Comedy and Tragedy of Richard Pryor (Thunder’s Mouth, 2006). A former writer and editor for Newsweek magazine, he has taught writing at Cornell and Georgetown Universities. #WOKE is his first play.