Todd FredsonTodd Fredson is a poet, a critic, and a translator of Afro-francophone and West African literature. His translation of Tanella Boni's poetry collection, The Future Has an Appointment with the Dawn (University of Nebraska Press, 2018), was a inalist for the 2019 Best Translated Book Award and the 2019 National Translation Award. His work has been supported by Fulbright and NEA fellowships.