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Two Things That Are Anathema in Publishing — Deesha Philyaw tells the story of The Secret Lives of Church Ladie

Two Things That Are Anathema in Publishing — Deesha Philyaw tells the story of The Secret Lives of Church Ladie

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Deesha Philyaw tells the story of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Along the way she covers:

Being in the Norton Anthology of Literature

Jamaica Kincaid's story Girl

The ways Church Ladies is proudly Black

Ways white supremacy shapes the stories we read and tell

Misconceptions about race in publishing

Revision for her novel

Boundaries

Her brilliant agent and unorthodox publishing moves

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