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'Staffy,' a short story by Graham Akhurst, AAA-Nomad Two Worlds Foundation Indigenous Arts Scholar, was recently published in Kweli, an online literary journal.
The piece has been nominated for both the Pushcart award and the Best American Short Stories award. Read it below 👓📖
Congratulations, Graham! 👏👏
“I’ll tell you the story about my missing ear,” he said, then held his glass with peculiar delicacy, his little finger extended.
“But you need to promise me two things. One, that you’ll keep my glass full, and two, that you’ll one day write my story.”
Author/Fulbright Scholar Graham Akhurst's short story for Kweli Journal, 'Staffy', is an absolutely gripping read.
Do yourself a favour -- check it out:
https://www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2021/11/23/staffly-by-graham-akhurst
Tomorrow! Thursday, 8/26 at 7pm ET join Eric Nguyen , author of THINGS WE LOST TO THE WATER, in conversation with Ly Tran.
Hosted by Kweli Journal
Tomorrow! Thursday, 8/26 at 7pm ET join Eric Nguyen, author of THINGS WE LOST TO THE WATER, in conversation with Ly Tran.
Hosted by Kweli Journal
"Kweli’s work in the literary landscape has also been critical to the steady increase in the number of women writers of color now securing literary agents and publication contracts."
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We're excited to announce the 2021 grant recipients of the Literary Magazine Fund, given in alliance with the Amazon Literary Partnership: A Gathering of the Tribes, African Voices Magazine, Alaska Quarterly Review, American Short Fiction, Belt Publishing & Belt Magazine, The Common, Electric Literature, Kweli Journal, MANOA Journal, Mizna, Narrative Magazine, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, One Story, Slice Literary, The Oxford American magazine, The Paris Review, Tupelo Quarterly & ZYZZYVA Literary Magazine:
Vol. 2: Truth & Courage of the Indie Lit Fair features work from Acentos Review, Apogee Journal, Four Way Books, Black Ocean, Omnidawn Publishing, Wendy's Subway, NDSU Press, Kweli Journal, Zephyr Press, Asian American Writers' Workshop, Hub City Writers Project, Nomadic Press, Wising Up Press, Bloomsday Literary, New Rivers Press, Bellevue Literary Press, Coach House Books, Sarabande, Akashic Books & more!
https://pen.org/2021-indie-lit-fair-vol-2/
At a Kweli Journal conference a thousand years ago (or perhaps 3, how could that be?), a serendipitous gathering of brown writers (and one editor!) with big plans. ❤️❤️❤️ Can’t wait till we all get to celebrate successes in person again. And so many more to join our ranks!
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