Story of the Week: ‘Playing Asleep,’ by Destiny O. Birdsong
A trip to a writer’s conference.
Tag: writing
Story of the Week: ‘Red ‘N Wolf,’ by Tyrese L. Coleman
A new spin on Little Red Riding Hood.
Giving Thanks for Edward P. Jones
What life is like and how we experience time.
Nana Nkweti: ‘I Always Knew I Was Going to Write Stories’
“The real journey is Nana Nkweti age 9 writing little sci-fi Jane Austen mashups.”
‘The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,’ Two Years Later
“It’s a matter of just finding one yes.”
Tags: storytelling, writing
Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton Answer Your Questions
“This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”
Member Bonus: Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton Answer Your Questions About Writing
“This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”
New Story: ‘Ghetto University’ by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
An English professor resorts to a new line of work—mugging tourists in the French Quarter.
The Life and Stories of Diane Oliver, Part Two (with Michael A. Gonzales)
“She just had a style about her that just kind of pulled you into the stories.”
The Life and Short Stories of Diane Oliver (Part One)
“In her 22 short years on this earth, Diane Oliver was a writer who was just doing the damn thing.”