Deesha Philyaw
@deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social
WINNER PEN/Faulkner Award, Story Prize, LA Book Prize, and National Book Award finalist for THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES| DMs open for shenanigans + life-changing offers only, not for business or requests. See contact info for reps @ deeshaphilyaw.com
Thank you, Vicky!
August 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thank you, Vicky!
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ohiostatepress.org/books/titles... Selected by @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social for the @awpwriter.bsky.social Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction
Lake Song: A Novel in Stories
Linked stories span decades to plumb the complexities, violence, and compassion of small-town life as the twentieth century hurtles forward.
ohiostatepress.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
ohiostatepress.org/books/titles... Selected by @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social for the @awpwriter.bsky.social Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction
I think that’s either Carlton or Andre’s place.
May 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I think that’s either Carlton or Andre’s place.
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Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless by Maria Pinto
Fungi, identity, & survival in this memoir meets mycology electrifying debut. The 2nd book in our Great Circle Books literary nonfiction series (co-editors @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social & Kiese Laymon!)
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Fungi, identity, & survival in this memoir meets mycology electrifying debut. The 2nd book in our Great Circle Books literary nonfiction series (co-editors @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social & Kiese Laymon!)
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless | Maria Pinto | University of North Carolina Press
Naturalist, forager, and educator Maria Pinto offers a stunning debut book that uncovers strange and beautiful fungal connections between the natural and hum...
uncpress.org
May 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless by Maria Pinto
Fungi, identity, & survival in this memoir meets mycology electrifying debut. The 2nd book in our Great Circle Books literary nonfiction series (co-editors @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social & Kiese Laymon!)
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Fungi, identity, & survival in this memoir meets mycology electrifying debut. The 2nd book in our Great Circle Books literary nonfiction series (co-editors @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social & Kiese Laymon!)
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Hey, sis, heyyyyy!
May 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hey, sis, heyyyyy!
I cackled when I saw they wrote Tide into Naomi and her husband’s scene #beyondthegates
May 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I cackled when I saw they wrote Tide into Naomi and her husband’s scene #beyondthegates
They style Kat like a 1930s girl spy. Fun to watch lol #ThemGates
May 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
They style Kat like a 1930s girl spy. Fun to watch lol #ThemGates