An Interview with the Editors of LOA’s Octavia Butler KINDRED, FLEDGLING, COLLECTED STORIES

Library of America announces the release of Octavia E. Butler: Kindred, Fledgling, Collected Stories—the first volume in the projected complete works of a writer whose impact and influence on the genre can rightly be called transformative. Follow the link below for an interview with the volume’s editors,  Nisi Shawl and Gerry Canavan. https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1824-the-worlds-of-octavia-e-butler-theres-real-danger-in-these-stories?fbclid=IwAR1qVgUfeW9ngzNo2eTxH02GZRWJNMMCNXsQWstveulK3EjUuQfDrIdlnm8

A New Story By Kimbilio Fellow Tara Campell on BOURBON PENN

Read “FAIRBANKS” at this link: https://www.bourbonpenn.com/issue/23/fairbanks-by-tara-campbell.php?fbclid=IwAR3hQmMbOCCO26hewZQwqJGz6VE-WX3rgnOpsPrNuBuR6NyRhVI0CmMaXEw

New Story from Kimbilio Fellow Brandon Taylor on JOYLAND

Kimbilio Fellow Arriel Vinson on THE OFFING

Congratulations to Kimbilio Fellow Jonathan Escoffery

Kimbilio Fellow Jonathan Escoffery has been selected as a 2021-2023 Stegner Fellow. https://jonathanescoffery.com/

Congratulations to Kimbilio Fellow Desiree Evans

Imbolo Mbue Interviewed on LITHUB

Wandeka Gayle Featured on the Black & Published Podcast

Kimbilio Fellow Wandeka Gayle Interviewed about her short story collection, Motherland and Other Stories by Nikesha Williams for the BLACK & PUBLISHED podcast.

Raven Leilani on Gaming as Literary Device

At a time in which video game references are still mostly consigned to YA and sci-fi books, Leilani has made them a central component of a literary novel. https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/mar/11/raven-leilani-luster-video-games-final-fantasy?fbclid=IwAR3ZTiwCEwn28HzOQtB7Rl4vrOE7lPc_rP2c_lk11dXQ8NmwLVd7VDzzMGg

Deesha Phillyaw’s THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES is the 17th Winner of The Story Prize

Congratulations to Kimbilio Fellow Deesha Philyaw for winning The Story Prize for The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, published by West Virginia University Press! Kimbilio faculty member Danielle Evans was a runner up for her collection The Office of Historical Corrections (Riverhead Books). The Story Prize’s $20,000 top prize is among the largest first-prize amounts […]