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,” […]
Congratulations to the Kimbilio Fellows who are nominees for the 2021 Hurston/Wright Awards! In Debut Fiction: Stephen Wright for his novel The Coyotes of Carthage Deesha Philyaw for her collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies In Poetry: Rachel Eliza Griffiths for her collection of Seeing the Body: Poems Kimbilio Fellow Amina Gautier served as […]
House Was a Fist by Jeneé Skinner A house birthed me and will likely be the death of me. A house birthed me and will likely be the death of me. I felt myself formed in the womb of her walls before I was pushed up from the kitchen floor like daisies. I smelled of […]
Kimbilio and Four Way Books are pleased to announce that Mary Slechta has been selected as the winner of the 2021 Kimbilio National Fiction Prize. Ms. Slechta’s book, Mulberry Street: Stories, will be published in the spring of 2023 by Four Way Books. The judge for this year’s prize was celebrated author Carolyn Ferrell (Dear […]
Kimbilio congratulates Denne Michele Norris on being appointed Editor-in-Chief at Electric Literature. Read more about her appointment at the Electric Lit website.
IN THE CITY OF DRUNK BUTTERFLIES Tara Campbell Our flight was already erratic. You smiled, commenting on our fluttering path, admiring us as beautiful pollinators, but not as someone you would want behind the wheel of a car. So a bunch of us got together and said what the hell, let’s lean into this thing […]
Dismissal Amina Gautier She waits for me by the curb outside the public elementary school while other kids gather to walk home together. A lucky few get whisked away, ushered into cars far better than mine. It is after three; dismissal’s come and gone. I’m running late but on my way, almost there. This she […]
“Rise to the Sun” Torches the Illusion of Perfection by Arriel Vinson For more than a year, we were unable to safely spend time near others. Some of us forgot what it was like to hug one another or see our families and friends, and unfortunately, that’s still a reality for many of us. But Leah […]
