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What is Home?: Shenandoah Essayists Eulogize and Celebrate Places of Belonging
It has been a privilege to be the first Shenandoah BIPOC Editorial Fellow. Being the first of anything carries a weight that differs from person to person. For me, being Black, I immediately thought about the precedent that I would be setting for future Black fellows. This thinking was an involuntary response, one created from […]
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Black Women Writing: A conversation with two Shenandoah Editors
Nonfiction editor DW McKinney and former associate editor Moriah Katz have essays in the anthology Mamas, Martyrs, and Jezebels: Myths, Legends, and Other Lies You’ve Been Told About Black Women (Black Lawrence Press, 2024). Corresponding through a living document, they discussed their individual essays, their dream anthologies, and taking up space as Black women writers.
What Women Want: Questions for Sara Marchant about her debut novel
Sara Marchant, author of “Haunted” in Volume 70.2 of Shenandoah, published her debut full-length novel, Becoming Delilah, on August 15, 2023. Here, she speaks with nonfiction editor DW McKinney about the book and writing about early girlhood and womanhood. What was your inspiration for Becoming Delilah? It’s based on my 2018 novella […]
Rediscovering Home: A Conversation with DW McKinney
Our first editorial fellow discusses what home means to her, her love of graphic novels, and the favorite question she’s ever been asked, ever.