Quraysh Ali Lansana (born Ron Myles [1] September 13, 1964, Enid, Oklahoma)[2] is an American poet, book editor, civil rights historian, and professor.
In 2022, he was a Tulsa Artist Fellow and Director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, where he was also Lecturer in Africana Studies and English.
[7][1] Prior to focusing on poetry, in the 1980s he studied broadcast journalism[8][5] at the University of Oklahoma and worked as an assignment editor at KWTV.
[8] He practiced Islam until 1999,[1] later also turning to African faiths such as Yoruba[8] and attending Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
[2] He also received a Tulsa Artist Fellowship[4] to create a radio program entitled Focus: Black Oklahoma[5] for NPR affiliate KWGS.