Unabridged: For the Love of Short Fiction with Dawnie Walton and Deesha Philyaw of Ursa

On today’s Unabridged episode, we hear from authors Dawnie Walton (The Final Revival of Opal and Nev) and Deesha Philyaw (The Secret Lives of Church Ladies) about their new joint venture, Ursa Short Fiction podcast. We discuss Ursa’s origin and mission, the need to highlight short fiction, breaking into publishing and the importance of finding play in the work.

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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes. You can also find what we talked about on Amazon.

• Ursa

• Ursa Short Fiction (Ursa Story Company)

• The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

• The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton

• “Ep. 145 Measuring Success with Deesha Philyaw” (The Stacks)

• “Ep. 148 The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans – The Stacks Book Club (Deesha Philyaw)” (The Stacks)

• “Ep. 188 Creating an Icon with Dawnie Walton” (The Stacks)

• “Ep. 191 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison – The Stacks Book Club (Dawie Walton)” (The Stacks)

• Mark Armstrong

• Longreads

• Time Inc

• People.com

• EntertainmentWeekly.com

• “Tori Sampson Boards Tessa Thompson & HBO Max’s ‘The Secret Lives Of Church Ladies’, Will Write & EP With Deesha Philyaw” (Peter White, Deadline)

• Ursa Major

• Corregidora by Gayl Jones

• Maurice Carlos Ruffin

• Maurice Carlos Ruffin on Twitter

• Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

• “Introducing Ursa: Why We Love Short Fiction” (Ursa Short Fiction)

• The High Shelf by Dawnie Walton (Oxford American)

• Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

• The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

• West Virginia University Press

• Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

• Real Life by Brandon Taylor

• William Pei Shih

• Cleyvis Natera

• “The Short Stories and Too-Short Life of Diane Oliver” (Michael A. Gonzales, Bitter Southerner)

• The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp

• Toni Morrison

• Robert Jones Jr.

• Books & Books (Miami, FL)

• “What Are You Blurbing, Deesha Philyaw?” (The Literary Life, Books & Books)

• Severance by Ling Ma

• Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

• A Calm and Normal Heart by Chelsea T. Hicks

• Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana

• Fractured Lit journal

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