Folk Religion Isn’t Backward, But I Walked Backward Into It
Rita Chang-Eppig, author of "Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea" on finding her spirituality in the faith of her ancestors
Rita Chang-Eppig, author of "Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea" on finding her spirituality in the faith of her ancestors
Michelle Webster-Hein, author of "Out of Esau," recommends fiction and non-fiction that interrogate spirituality with nuance
Nawaaz Ahmed, author of "Radiant Fugitives," on the expectations placed upon immigrant writers
Kelsey McKinney, author of "God Spare the Girls," recommends books about questioning everything you've ever known
Anjali Sachdeva, author of the collection “All the Names They Used for God,” talks about the forces that rule her writing
“I just wanted to write a novel that would show the lives of ordinary black people and their problems.”
“Death in Fiction” by Scott Cheshire, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
These writers invite you to see the beauty and grimness of Nigeria in a new light
A lack of concern for other people’s feelings doesn’t help anyone grow
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