Katy Simpson Smith on Writing a Southern Woman Louder Than Herself

Katy Simpson Smith on Writing a Southern Woman Louder Than Herself

“Fiction, as it turns out, allowed me to finally speak.”

By Katy Simpson Smith | April 18, 2023

Viewing Blackness Through the Lives of the Medici

Viewing Blackness Through the Lives of the Medici

Katy Simpson Smith on Identity, Racism, and Reclamation

By Katy Simpson Smith | March 24, 2020

Why My Students Don't Call Themselves 'Southern' Writers

Why My Students Don't Call Themselves 'Southern' Writers

On Reckoning With a Fraught Literary History

By Katy Simpson Smith | March 13, 2019

Katy Simpson Smith on House Bill 1523

Katy Simpson Smith on House Bill 1523

“Maybe you should write a statement"

By Katy Simpson Smith | April 13, 2016

Who Can Fictionalize Slavery?

Who Can Fictionalize Slavery?

On Writing Across Time and Race

By Katy Simpson Smith | March 30, 2016

Motherhood, Writerhood, and Calling a Job a Job

Motherhood, Writerhood, and Calling a Job a Job

On Routine, Solitude, and Dealing with a Five Year Old

By Katy Simpson Smith | November 19, 2015

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