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.
Birdsong published a short story, “The Jump,” only to have it pulled from publication less than a day later.
“I had never really given myself a chance to do the things that I really, truly, in my heart, dreamed about.”
“Your patience will likely be more rewarded than your impatience.”
“We have to write what we’re obsessed about. Big things and small things.”
“James Baldwin is the writer that made me want to be a writer.”
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“Yes, that’s your boyfriend now.”
“Get your money. And come on home.”
“I wrote the book that I wanted to write … this is what I had inside of me to put out to offer to the world.”
“Easily one of the hardest things about the writing life is the asymmetry between effort and reward.”