“Daddies and Sons” by Kim Coleman Foote on THE RUMPUS
When he was a little boy, Jeb Coleman would pick at the scabs on his knees and elbows, imagining how his daddy would suffer before dying. The old man would often get drunk on Four Roses whiskey and start itching to punch everything in sight. Jeb took the brunt of it. His muh, too, when […]
A New Story By Kimbilio Fellow Kim Coleman Foote, Published on ECOTONE
Man of the House by Kim Coleman Foote
Congratulations to Kimbilio Fellows and Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellows Amina Gautier and Dahlma Llanos Figueroa
Kimbilio Fellows Amina Gautier and Dahlma Llanos Figueroa are among the inaugural cohort of Letras Boricuas Fellows – 20 Puerto Rican writers whose dynamic work spans genres including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and children’s literature. A first-of-its-kind fellowship, Letras Boricuas was created to identify, elevate, and amplify the voices of emerging and established Puerto Rican writers on […]
On Richard Wright’s THE MAN WHO LIVED UNDERGROUND from London Review of Books
When Richard Wright sailed to France in 1946, he was 38 years old and already a legend. He was America’s most famous black writer, the author of two books hailed as classics the moment they were published: the 1940 novel Native Son and the 1945 memoir Black Boy. By ‘choosing exile’, as he put it, he hoped both […]
Happy Pub Day to Kimbilio Fellow, Donald Quist!
Donald’s collection of essays TO THOSE BOUNDED is published by AWST Books.
A New Story From Kimbilio Fellow Brandon Taylor in THE YALE REVIEW
Colonial Conditions Brandon Taylor THE ELECTION WAS ON TUESDAY, but first, the Halloween bonfire. When Carson and Roma arrived, Roma discreetly removed her mask and said that she had to find the host, who had spent most of the late summer and fall cycling across the Mountain West. Carson knew this because the host had […]
A New Short Story from Kimbilio Fellow Lisa Braxton
Behind My Back A story by Lisa Braxton My hairdresser has been talking behind my back. She’s been doing it for years. This might sound strange, but I actually don’t mind. In fact, I welcome it. It all started years ago when I was new to town and visited a salon looking for someone to […]
From the OXFORD AMERICAN, A New Story from Kimbilio Fellow Deesha Philyaw
Dr. Sandman BY DEESHA PHILYAW Dr. B, what’s that called again?” From his hospital bed, Cody pointed his T’Challa action figure toward the monitor behind Reg. Reg laughed. “You just like to hear me say it. This time, I want you to say it with me. Ready?” Together, they enunciated each syllable in “polysomnographic monitor,” […]
