Curated links. Favorite Essays I Read in the Past Two Weeks: Favorite Flash Fictions I Read in the Past Two Weeks: In this flash fiction, dialogue encompasses the whole story, and what a dialogue it is, every sentence spoken by the man and the boy is authentic, is filled with short sentences, sentences where we …
Month: June 2023
How I Learned To Avoid Storytelling That Is “Performative for a White Readership”
“I never want to inadvertently write something that caters to the white gaze.” —Morgan Talty After writing the first draft for Meleak, my short story, my protagonist woke me up in the middle of the night, disappointed in me. Shaking her head, she paced around my bed, flinging her arms and moaning. Why are you explaining my …
I Could Have Killed Him Twice, the Secret to Winning in Publishing, and Walking While Black
Curated links. An Article I Reread in the Past Two Weeks: I like rereading the works of my favorite writers. Every sentence in this lovely piece is filled with beautiful sentences. Here’s my favorite sentence from this article, “Sometimes you don’t realize even when you lean in for what could be your last hug, and …