Mamalicious!

Finally–after a long wait–my copy of PoemMemoirStory (PMS) #8, a literary journal out of the University of Alabama, arrived in the mail today! #8 is a special black women writers’ issue, guest edited by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, AND I’M IN IT! More accurately, my short story “Bomani Jones” is in it.

Happiness!

This is my first lit journal publication, and I am so thankful to Honorée for giving my story a place in the company of such phenomenal writers. My mouth fell open when I saw the list of contributors on the back cover, and I haven’t closed it yet. Check this out:

Elizabeth Alexander

Tara Betts

Remica L. Bingham

Lucille Clifton (!!!)

Matilda Cox

DeLana Dameron

Edwidge Danticat (!!!)

Nehassaiu deGannes

Latasha N. Nevada Diggs

Camille Dungy

Heidi W. Durrow

Kelly Norman Ellis

Nikky Finney

Asha French

Shannon Gibney

Nikki Giovanni (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Duriel E. Harris (!!!)

Kelly Harris

Yona Harvey (my dear friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!–and of course, a great poet)

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Trellie James Jeffers

Meta DuEwa Jones

Patricia Spears Jones

Tayari Jones (who happens to be the sister of the real-life Bomani Jones, whose name I stole for my story–and, of course, a great writer!

Allison Joseph

Raina J. León

Natasha Marin

Opal Moore

ME!

Cherise A. Pollard

Khadijah Queen

Evie Shockley

Patricia Smith (!!!)

Tracy K. Smith (!!!)

Amber Flora Thomas

Lynne Thompson

Jacinda Townsend

Natasha Trethewey (Pulitzer Prize winner!!!)

Ada Udechukwu

Gina Athena Ulysse

Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon

I can’t wait to curl up with this collection!

This entry was posted on Monday, March 10th, 2008 at 12:58 pm and is filed under Books and Writers, Cool Stuff, Currently Reading, Friends, Fun Times, Toot-Toot, Wordsmithin'. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.