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Okay. Okay. Hey, everybody, how are you?

What's up?

I'm Brad Listy.

This is The Other People Show.

It's nice to be with you.

It's nice to have Ashley Bryant Phillips on the program today.

She is a very exciting debut author, and her collection, Sleepovers, is available now from Hub City Press.

It is the winner of the 2019 C. Michael Curtis short story book prize.

The collection was chosen as winner by Lauren Groff, a past guest on this program,

and the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including Fates and Furies.

So an auspicious debut for Ashley Bryant-Phillips.

I'm glad to catch her right now as her career is just getting underway.

And we had a very interesting conversation.

Today's episode is brought to you by Gray Wolf Press, publisher of post-colonial love poem, the new collection by Natalie Diaz.

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