Bassey, Itoro: - Itoro Bassey is a Nigerian-American writer, journalist, and storyteller. She was born in Houston, Texas, and raised in New England.She has received fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, the San Francisco Writers Grotto, and The Edward Albee Foundation. Her work can be found in many publications, including, Red Hen Press, Meridians: transnationalism, race, and feminism, midnight and indigo, and Slice.