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Ursa
Listen to Nana Nkweti’s New Short Story “Dance the Fiya Dance”
From the
Ursa Short Fiction
Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton
By
Ursa
| October 12, 2022
The Impact of
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
, Two Years Later
From the
Ursa Short Fiction
Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton
By
Ursa
| September 29, 2022
Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton Answer Your Questions About Writing and Storytelling
From the
Ursa Short Fiction
Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton
By
Ursa
| September 14, 2022
Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s Creative Journey from Lawyer to Award-Winning Writer
From the
Ursa Short Fiction
Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton
By
Ursa
| August 31, 2022
An English Professor Finds a New Line of Work in Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s Short Story, "Ghetto University"
From the
Ursa Short Fiction
Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton
By
Ursa
| August 24, 2022
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Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton
By
Ursa
| August 17, 2022
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Ursa
| August 9, 2022
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Ursa
| August 1, 2022
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By
Ursa
| July 25, 2022
Listen to Cleyvis Natera’s New Short Story “Fog”
From the
Ursa Short Fiction
Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton
By
Ursa
| July 18, 2022
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From the
Ursa Short Fiction
Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton
By
Ursa
| July 5, 2022
“Your Character Has to Fail in Telling Their Story.” A Conversation with William Pei Shih
From the
Ursa Short Fiction
Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton
By
Ursa
| June 22, 2022
Aria Song Reads William Pei Shih’s “Happy Family,” a Story of a Chinatown Childhood
From the
Ursa Short Fiction
Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton
By
Ursa
| June 22, 2022
Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton: Why We Love Short Stories
Introducing the
Ursa Short Fiction
Podcast
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Ursa
| June 6, 2022
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"The stories in her hypnotic collection em The Pelican Child em are painterly and provocative…"
