Today is publication day for Kimbilio Fellow Monica West’s First Novel REVIVAL SEASON. In addition to great reviews, REVIVAL SEASON is the Barnes and Noble Discovery Pick of the month. Read more about Monica and her new book on Kimbilio’s Book Page: https://kimbiliofiction.com/monica-west-revival-season-book-page/
Joi came out of the kiln after class one afternoon. She struck up a conversation while Danielle was glazing her handmade jug. She appeared several decades behind, with her asymmetrical hair and hoop earrings, and there was a bullet hole surrounded by dried blood on her patchwork sweater. “Thought you’d be scared or something.” Joi […]
John Edgar Wideman’s YOU MADE ME LOVE YOUR: SELECTED STORIES 1981-2018 was published earlier this month. Here’s a preview of the interview: Asked about returning to reading his stories from the last 40 years… What’s been most striking to me and most, I guess, invigorating to me is when someone picks out a story, usually […]
For the KIRKUS Perspectives column, Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies) is in conversation with Robert Jones Jr. (The Prophets), Dantiel W. Moniz (Blood Milk Heat), and Dawnie Walton (The Final Revival of Opal Nev). Read “‘Lifting As We Climb’: A Conversation” at this link: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/black-debut-authors-in-conversation/?fbclid=IwAR1qWxXwFPSUvpiGuzDXzroMtPCPIvNW67YSIqt0VWFu6xJLLREJLHkcAcs
Danielle Evans has been named 2021 Joyce Carol Oates Prize Recipient by nonprofit the New Literary Project, which was formerly the Simpson Literary Project. Read more at this link: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=3226&fbclid=IwAR2BskXFk5njC53ky77QeMfK9Drif04zjOkDMyD3IM9Ie-UgYNocgPH5BYY
DEAR MISS METROPOLITAN hits the stores in July. And your entries for the Kimbilio National Fiction Prize are due on May 15. Carolyn will be selecting the winner! More information on the Kimbilio National Fiction Prize at this link: Announcing the 2021 Kimbilio National Fiction Prize
Stories by Kimbilio Faculty Member Asali Solomon and Kimbilio Fellow Jamel Brinkley have been selected for the 2021 anthology. Congratulations to them for this prestigious honor.
Kimbilio Fellow Amina Gautier’s “Mean to Me” was selected by Robert Olen Butler as a finalist for the 2020 World’s Best Short-Short Story Contest. Read the winning short short at the link below. https://www.southeastreview.org/single-post/39-1-amina-gautier
“Branded” by Cole Lavalais on THE OFFING. Click below.
