12 Brilliant Short Stories by Black Writers to Read Year-Round

From one girl’s aspiration to Olympic gymnastics glory, to a boy’s stint living in the Idaho wilderness in hopes of fixing his unruly behavior, something that remains a guiding principle in Black storytelling is the breadth of our lives. These stories, a collection of some of EL’s most-loved fiction by Black writers, all published in […] The post 12 Brilliant Short Stories by Black Writers to Read Year-Round appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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