Keil Goff

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Keli Goff is a multi-platform storyteller best known for chronicling the intersections of race, politics and gender in America. As a journalist and essayist her work has appeared in Time, The Washington Post, The Root, Vogue and Essence, among others. After spending much of her journalism career as a regular presence on cable news, in 2014 she transitioned off screen and began crafting stories for theater, film and television. A writer and producer on the new Sex and the City reboot and Just Like That, Keli’s play, The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks and Curls, featuring black women sharing humorous and heartbreaking stories about their hair was recently streamed by Baltimore Center Stage. She has previously written for the television series Twenties, Black Lightning and Being Mary Jane, for which she was awarded a 2016 NAACP Image Award. She was also nominated for two News Emmy Awards for her work on the documentary Reversing Roe (Netflix, 2018). She continues to serve as a contributor to The Daily Beast and to various NPR affiliates, most notably for KCRW’s Left, Right & Center. Born and raised in Texas, Keli is a graduate of NYU. and Columbia University

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