Sanderia Faye novel nominated for Hurston/Wright Legacy Award by Arkansas Times
Set in a fictional Arkansas town called Maeby, the novel incorporates figures from Arkansas history like Daisy Bates and civil rights attorney John Walker…
Mourner’s Bench Included in the Lemonade (Beyonce) Syllabus
Mourner’s Bench Nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award TM honors the best in Black literature in the United States and around the globe. Introduced in 2001, the Legacy Award was the first national award presented to Black writers by a national organization of Black writers. Fiction, nonfiction and poetry honorees are selected in a juried competition. Merit awards are given at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Each October, the award winners are celebrated during a gala that draws hundreds of literary stars, readers, and representatives of the publishing industry, the arts, media, politics, and academia.
My Protests and Prayers in Dallas by Sanderia Faye–New York Times Article
Dallas — On Friday, the city of Dallas was in mourning, and so was I.
We lost five police officers. They were gunned down at a peaceful protest on Thursday night that took place just a few blocks from where I live. I was at that protest too.
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