Literary Liberation
Literary Liberation, McKenzie Watson-Fore, Mrs Winging It, Sherisa dG, Emma Akpan, Dr. Tonia Dixon, Nikesha Williams, Alexandria, Shawna Ayoub, Natalie GuerreroWe're a learning community for Black & Brown artists, writers, and activists offering workshops & space to work toward collective liberation. Stay radical.
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New Class | Automythologies: Familial Trauma in Flash Fiction
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Teacher: Alexandria Valentine they/them
Focus: Flash Fiction
Dates: 3 Thursdays, December 3 - 17, 2026
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October at Literary Liberation!
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Hi everyone—
Last month I wrote about how we’re using the rest of 2026. Did you make a plan? Are you working your way through it? Repor...
What Kind of Writing Life are we Being Asked to Build?
This is the third & final installment of Sentence Club, session 1! Currently reading: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
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Community Prompt #21 | Involuntary Flow
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3 things before we begin:
- Our first Sentence Club selection is coming to a close at the end of next month! Missed everything? There’s act...
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Hi there! I'm a writer, critic, and artist. I write about white American evangelicalism and the female experience, and I serve as the executive editor for sneaker wave magazine.
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Writer, editor, cultural steward. She publishes Raising Mothers, Literary Liberation, and A Home Within Myself. Aquarius Sun.
I write about religion, spirituality, and ways art interprets religion.
A Professor. I engage, enlighten and empower students. An Artist. I write. I play with words. I muse. I’m discovering.
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Shawna Ayoub is a brown, queer, Durham-based writer and instructor. She teaches through Survive Your Story, Center for Creative Writing, and is Director of Programs for Literary Liberation.
Writer and Creative Thinker. I write Books are for People, a newsletter about people and the books that built them. My first novel, My Train Leaves at Three, is on sale now
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