Tacuma R. Roeback

Tacuma R. Roeback is the managing editor of the Chicago Defender. His journalism, nonfiction and fiction have appeared in the Smithsonian Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tennessean, South Florida SunSentinel, Phoenix New Times, HipHopDX.com, Okayplayer, The Shadow League, “Encyclopedia of Identity,” Downstate Story, Tidal Basin Review, and Reverie: Midwest African American Literature. He is an alumnus of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Chicago State University and Florida A&M University. Tacuma lives in Chicago with his wife, Tracy, and two children, Kaila and Tremaine, Jr.