Destiny O. Birdsong on Navigating Censorship in Storytelling
Birdsong published a short story, “The Jump,” only to have it pulled from publication less than a day later.
Tag: Short Stories
Ursa Short Fiction Presents: ‘Snow Bath Season,’ by Stacie Denetsosie
Stacie Denetsosie asks the question: “What if Amazon Alexa was a Navajo woman?”
Rion Amilcar Scott: ‘It Has to Be Fun, It Has to Be Funky’
“We have to write what we’re obsessed about. Big things and small things.”
Member Exclusive: ‘Sonny’s Blues,’ by James Baldwin
“James Baldwin is the writer that made me want to be a writer.”
Ursa Short Fiction Presents: ‘Telling Stories,’ by T.E. Wilderson
A new production from Ursa Short Fiction Season Three.
Season Three Premiere: S.A. Cosby on the Art of the Thriller
“The thing about being a writer: It is the world’s loneliest, solitary team sport.”
Ursa Short Fiction: Season Three Preview
Dawnie Walton and Deesha Philyaw share what’s in store for the new season.
Our New Instagram Reading Series
More writers and conversations on Instagram and TikTok.
That’s a wrap on Season Two! Help us fund more episodes and shows.
Thank you for another amazing season of stories.
What Denne Michele Norris Has Learned as a Writer and Editor
“I am more explicit and more intentional about transness in all of my fiction.”