Elizabeth Owuor is a writer and DJ who interrogates the archives of Black music history, blending intimate narrative with the collective history of her people. Her nonfiction utilizes rare blues and soul music to examine cultural inheritance, Black creative labor, and the ways in which Blackness is constructed and consumed in the US and Europe. She has spun her sounds of Black resistance on vinyl all around the globe and is cofounder of Black Rhythm Happening, an evening dedicated to unearthing gems from the sonic vaults. A Tin House alumna, her journalism has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Christian Science Monitor, and Germany’s Deutsche Welle. She has received fellowships from MacDowell, Hedgebrook, and the California Arts Council.