“With Mourner’s Bench, Sanderia Faye announces herself as a bold, at times intoxicating, original voice in American fiction. This is a stunning début.”
Dennis Lehane, author of Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River, & Shutter Island
“Reading [this] story, no matter what you believe history might have taught us since, you feel as if the questions of racial justice are not only unresolved but barely yet asked.”
Kevin Brockmeier, author of The Brief History of the Dead
—Vivienne Schiffer, Camp Nine: A Novel
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sanderia Faye serves on the faculty at Southern Methodist University, is an instructor at the 2017 Desert Nights Rising Stars Conference at Arizona State University, and a professional speaker and activist. Her novel, Mourner’s Bench, is the winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in debut fiction and The Philosophical Society of Texas
Award of Merit for fiction. She is co-founder and a fellow at Kimbilio Center for Fiction, and her work has appeared in the anthology Arsnick: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Arkansas. Faye moderated the grassroots panel for the
Arkansas Civil Rights Symposium during the Freedom Riders 50th Anniversary and is coordinating the first AWP African Diaspora Caucus.
Her work received “Best Of” honors at the 2011 Eckerd College Writers’ Conference, Co-Directors Dennis Lehane and Sterling Watson, where her winning excerpt from the novel was published in SABAL Literary Journal. She received grants and scholarships offers from Hurston/Wright Writers Conference, Eckerd College Writers’ in Paradise Conference, Callaloo Writers Workshop, and Vermont, Writers Studio. She attended The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow and Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency.
She holds an MFA from Arizona State University, a MA from the University of Texas at Dallas, a BS in Accounting from the University of Arkansas. She is currently a PhD student in English at the University of North Texas.
NEWS
Equality, Faith and Family Explored in New Novel With KYLE KELLAMS • MAY 12, 2016
Faye discusses Equality, Faith and Family Explored in New Novel, Mourner's Bench With KYLE KELLAMS • MAY 12, 2016 Click on link to listen to interview: http://kuaf.com/post/equality-faith-and-family-explored-new-novel
REVIEW: Hall Ways Blog Tour Promo & Review
Hall Ways reviews and recommends Mourner's Bench. Click here to read the review.
REVIEW: Secret Asian Girl
In recognition of Black History Month, Blogger Secret Asian Girl, provides an interesting perspective on Mourner's Bench as she shares her childhood memories growing up as a young Asian girl in elementary and middle school. Click here to read the review.
Faye Visits The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
On February 26th, Sanderia Faye stopped by The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza to sign their copy of Mourner's Bench, and visit with museum staff.
INTERVIEW: UALR Public Radio “Arts & Letters”
Sanderia Faye is interviewed by J. Bradley Minnick, host of the University of Arkansas Public Radio show "Arts & Letters." This exciting, captivating interview is filled with never-before heard insight from Faye on her book, along with dramatic readings of...
INTERVIEW: Lone Star Literary Life
Kay Ellington, Publisher of Lone Star Literary Life, conducts an online interview with Faye about her life as an up-and-coming author, and her experience writing Mourner's Bench. Click here to read the article.
INTERVIEW: KDAF CW33 Newsfix
Sanderia Faye appears on CW33’s Newsfix Black History Segment providing her perspective on the life of Estevanico, the first African in Texas. Click here to view the video of the segment:
INTERVIEW: Sanderia Faye with Olympian Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis, former track and field athlete who won 10 Olympic medals, introduces Sanderia Smith at her book launch in Houston, Texas. Press play to view video below: Posted by Cynthia Banton on Monday, February 8, 2016
MOURNER’S BENCH: NEW ARRIVAL @ THE READING ROOM DEALEY PLAZA MUSEUM
Overlooking Dealey Plaza, the Reading Room is a place for researchers to access the Museum’s vast collection of films, photographs, artifacts, and oral history recordings. Mourner's Bench is now available in the Reading Room - Six Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Dallas,...
INTERVIEW: “WRITERS ON WRITING”
"Writers on Writing" is a weekly radio program about the art and business of writing featured on KUCI 88.9 Free Speech Radio, hosted by journalist and author, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, and co-hosts Marrie Stone and Nicole Nelson. Nicole Nelson interviews Sanderia Faye...
INTERVIEW: THE HYPE MAGAZINE LIVE SESSION: SANDERIA FAYE
Jerry Doby, Editor-in-Chief of The Hype Magazine, interviews Sanderia about her inspiration for writing her new novel, Mourner's Bench. In the interview, Sanderia Faye describes key characters in the book, and provides a summary of the parts of the book she believes...
MONKEYBICYCLE “IF MY BOOK” by Sanderia Faye
The Monkeybicycle featured Sanderia Faye in its weekly installment of "If My Book", in which authors shed light on their recently released books by comparing them to weird things. Below Sanderia Faye shares her "If My Book" writing on her debut novel, Mourner’s Bench....
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