STORYBOUND: Deesha Philyaw

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Jude Brewer

Science, Technology, Society & Culture

4.8 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Deesha Philyaw reads from her book "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies", with an original Storybound remix featuring GLASYS. Deesha Philyaw’s debut short story collection, "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies" was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction, a finalist for The Story Prize (2020/2021), and longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Her work has been listed as Notable in the Best American Essays series, and her writing on race, parenting, gender, and culture has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, McSweeney’s, The Rumpus, Brevity, dead housekeeping, Apogee Journal, Catapult, Harvard Review, ESPN’s The Undefeated, The Baltimore Review, TueNight, Ebony and Bitch magazines, and various anthologies. Deesha is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow and a past Pushcart Prize nominee for essay writing in Full Grown People. GLASYS (Gil Assayas) is a pianist, synthesist, producer and vocalist who delivers intricate virtuosic keyboard parts, electronic soundscapes and impassioned vocals in one package that combines his many influences including Electronic music, Alternative Rock, Jazz and Classical music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.6	Welcome to another episode of Storybound.
0:45.4	This week we have author Disha Filia, who will be reading from her book,
0:49.0	The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,
0:51.2	her collection of short stories about black women, sex, and the black church,
0:56.1	featuring four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world,
1:00.8	caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions.
1:06.6	Disha Filia's writing on race, parenting, gender, and culture has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, McSweenies, The Rumpus, Brevity, and elsewhere.
1:16.3	Her book, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, was a 2020 National Book Award finalist.
1:21.3	Disha will be accompanied by glasses for an original remix of their songs, People, and I'll never change your mind.
1:28.3	Without further ado, let's start the show.
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