Marcus Clayton (Nurture the Open Wound) is a multigenre Afro-Latino writer from South Gate, CA, who holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from CSU Long Beach. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Southern California and is an executive editor for Indicia Literary Journal. Some published work can be seen in The Oxford Handbook of Punk Rock, Los Angeles Review of Books, [Pank] Magazine, Apogee Journal, and The Latino Book Review among many others.