Reckon True Stories, Episode 2: Roxane Gay
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“I am more explicit and more intentional about transness in all of my fiction.”
Rubén Degollado on Writing a Family Story, 25 Years in the Making
“I wanted to write about what happens after.”
Nafissa Thompson-Spires on the Making of ‘Heads of the Colored People’
“I got away with writing an entire doctoral dissertation about baby Drake.”
Jonathan Escoffery on ‘Under the Ackee Tree’ and Walking Your Own Path
“Nobody can walk your path but you.”
Jamil Jan Kochai on Separating Writing from ‘the Noise’
“Sometimes you have to build walls in order to dance within them.”
‘No Saints, No Demons’: Sidik Fofana on Creating Characters and Protecting Dreams
“No saints, no demons.”
Dantiel W. Moniz on Hometowns, Girlhood, and the Life Experiences that Fuel Fiction Writing
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