The Bones of Women I Love by Jeneé Skinner i. I tried to find a distant cousin named Carla in photographs and again in Auntie Mack’s voice and again in Ma’s wrinkles while watching TV. The last time she was found was by the police on the train tracks. Her dress was thin as sunlight […]
Diop is the first French writer to win the prize for translated fiction – split with his translator Anna Moschovakis – for his novel about a Senegalese soldier fighting for France in the first world war. Read the rest of the article at The Gaurdian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jun/02/david-diop-wins-international-booker-for-frightening-at-night-all-blood-is-black?
In 2020, Philyaw told Olivia’s story, along with eight others, in The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, her debut collection. The book, published by tiny West Virginia University Press, has taken fiction’s awards season by storm: Philyaw won the PEN/Faulkner Award, the $20,000 Story Prize, and the L.A. TimesAward for First Fiction. Secret Lives was also a finalist for the […]
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
Kimbilio is proud to announce the establishment of two endowments to support writers at future Kimbilio retreats. The Figueroa Sisters Fellowship will pay retreat expenses for a selected woman writers 50 years of age and older. The Tiffany Austin Fellowship will be offered to a writer of Caribbean descent. The Figueroa Sisters Fellowship has been […]
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
Kimbilio Fellow Tope Folarin has been selected as a winner of a 2021 Whiting Award Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer based in Washington, DC. He won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2013 and was shortlisted once again in 2016. He was also named to the 2019 Africa39 list of the most promising […]
THE KIMBILIO NATIONAL FICTION PRIZE Entries Due on May 15th!
From CATAPULT: All I knew was that here was this woman who looked like the community I loved and interacted with. This is Memory Book a column by Lyndsey Ellis that explores nostalgia at the intersection of race, class, and culture. Read the column at this link: https://catapult.co/stories/janet-jackson-helped-me-find-my-voice-as-a-writer-memory-book-lyndsey-ellis
Read “Kraken in Love” at this link: https://trampset.org/the-kraken-in-love-518aa5090d1c
