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    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
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    Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton Answer Your Questions About Writing and Storytelling

    By Ursa   September 14, 2022
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    Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s Creative Journey from Lawyer to Award-Winning Writer

    By Ursa   August 31, 2022
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    An English Professor Finds a New Line of Work in Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s Short Story, “Ghetto University”

    By Ursa   August 24, 2022
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    The Life and Stories of Diane Oliver

    By Ursa   August 17, 2022
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    Young, Gifted, and Black: Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton on the Life and Short Stories of Diane Oliver

    By Ursa   August 9, 2022
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
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    Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton on the Business of Publishing

    By Ursa   August 1, 2022
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    Cleyvis Natera on Her New Story “Fog,” Staying True to Your Voice, and Embracing Short Stories as Play

    By Ursa   July 25, 2022
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    Listen to Cleyvis Natera’s New Short Story “Fog”

    By Ursa   July 18, 2022
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    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
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    “Your Character Has to Fail in Telling Their Story.” A Conversation with William Pei Shih

    By Ursa   June 22, 2022
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    Aria Song Reads William Pei Shih’s “Happy Family,” a Story of a Chinatown Childhood

    By Ursa   June 22, 2022
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    Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton: Why We Love Short Stories

    By Ursa   June 6, 2022
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    Chelsea T. Hicks on the Stories and Wazhazhe Language in A Calm & Normal Heart

    From the Ursa Short Fiction Podcast with Deesha Philyaw and Dawnie Walton

    By Ursa   July 5, 2022

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