Deesha Philyaw - Writer * Social Justice Power Hour!
Special #ThrowbackThursday rebroadcast of this fabulous show with our good friend & stalwart ally Deesha celebratin' the UK release of her extraordinary "Secret Lives of Church Ladies" Pushkin Press
Deesha’s debut short story collection, "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies", won the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction & the 2020/2021 Story Prize & deservedly so as it focuses on Black women, sex, & the Black church in extraordinary ways. Kirkus Reviews calls it, “Tender, fierce, proudly Black & beautiful ” & it is now being adapted for television by HBO Max with Tessa Thompson executive producing
Join Deesha & our own BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt Seda-Schreiber in virtual community-buildin' conversation equally empowerin' & entertainin'
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