Member Bonus: What Deesha and Dawnie Are Reading Right Now
Books and anthologies to look out for in 2025.
Tag: writing
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.
Member Exclusive: The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, by Dawnie Walton
“I had never really given myself a chance to do the things that I really, truly, in my heart, dreamed about.”
Member Exclusive: Agents PJ Mark and Danielle Chiotti on Getting Published
“Your patience will likely be more rewarded than your impatience.”
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: Season Three Preview
Dawnie Walton and Deesha Philyaw share what’s in store for the new season.
Reckon True Stories Season One Finale: Samantha Irby
“Yes, that’s your boyfriend now.”
Reckon True Stories, Episode 9: Toni Morrison’s Essay on Work
“Get your money. And come on home.”
Reckon True Stories, Episode 6: Minda Honey
“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.”