Perhaps this sounds like Saunders has reached his old prophet stage and is yelling truths from a carved stone tablet, but it is not that at all. Saunders remains allergic to the polemical. In the past, sitting down to didactically write about things that angered him led to failed stories, he says. Saunders, who describes […]
BUT DID YOU DIE By Shinelle L. Espaillat Shreds of winter sliced the March morning as sunlight struggled to pierce the clouds. Mellen pushed herself to keep running up the hill, though each muscle fiber screamed and her breath came in hard, hitching explosions. Behind her, an angry rottweiler closed the distance, its owner barking […]
Jonathan Escoffery on Navigating Identity, Blackness, and Literary Fame Join Kimbilio online and in person @Left Bank Books on September 12, as we celebrate the publications of IF I SURVIVE YOU and Fellow LaToya Watkins PERISH. https://www.left-bank.com/event/kimbilio-w-lbb-presents-jonathan-escoffery-and-latoya-watkins
From TEXAS MONTHLY: The Story of Latoya Watkin’s PERISH
Watkins’s debut novel, Perish (Penguin / Tiny Reparations Books, August 23), revises and expands on that early novella. It tells the story of Helen Jean Turner, the dying matriarch of a Black family, and her descendants, many of whom are returning home to the fictional West Texas town of Jerusalem to say their last goodbyes. Helen Jean has suffered from […]
From LITERARY MAMA LP: Also, there’s the ideal that we’re supposed to be mothers. JT: Yes! So, I’ve always felt like when I’m working with other writers in the classroom, or otherwise, that there are so many younger women who haven’t even had kids yet, looking at us, and wondering: is this possible? Can you be […]
She Finna… Jason Harris As she stands near the ledge, the wind swirls and Airyel closes her eyes, flowing into one of those instances experienced but rarely acknowledged by all living things; a face to face meetup with her maker. Of course, she is seeing it in her own way, as the divine wears whatever […]
Lyndsey was interviewed by Michaella Thornton. Michaella: When did you realize that you wanted to pursue writing? (I’d love to hear your origin story as a writer…) Lyndsey: I’ve been into creative writing since forever, but I first realized it was something that I wanted to be a lifelong practice when I was a college student. Rewind […]
