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Jordan Taliha McDonald

Jordan Taliha McDonald

Jordan Taliha McDonald is a Ph.D. candidate in English at Harvard University with a secondary field in History of Science. For the 2025-2026 year, she is completing her dissertation as a Hutchins Family Foundation Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research. Her public writing, cultural criticism, and journalism have appeared in New York Magazine, The Believer, Artsy, Vulture, Africa is a Country, The Offing, The Harvard Review,Lux, Complex, and more.

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Online • Apr 21, 2026

A Requiem in Light: Ming Smith’s Early Vision

Review by Jordan Taliha McDonald