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As a girl in Jacksonville, Florida, Deesha Philyaw imagined the sex lives of the grown Black women around her. The churches Philyaw grew up attending—African Methodist Episcopal, Baptist, Pentecostal, Church of God in Christ—all forbid sex before marriage. But what did the unmarried church ladies do? Did they masturbate? If they had secret sex, would they go to hell? And the married women: Did they enjoy sex? Were they as dull as they seemed, or did they live double lives? These questions, Philyaw knows now, were really about herself—about what possibilities were open to her, and what k...

Sarah Cantin at St. Martin’s Press took North American rights from Alexandra Machinist at ICM Partners. The publisher said the book “explores witchcraft and female intuitive powers, told over five centuries through the lens of three connected women,” and was “pitched for readers of Sarah Perry, Jessie Burton, and Kate Morton.” Hart, who grew up in Australia and lives in London, trained as a lawyer. The second book is an untitled novel. Foreign rights for Weyward have sold to houses in Finland, France, Spain, the U.K., and elsewhere. McGonigal Looks Ahead for S&G Game designer, aut...

Share this article Share this article CARLISLE, Pa., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Forum on Education Abroad is hosting its annual conference next week, March 1-5, 2021, during which professionals will gather virtually to consider the most important issues impacting international education. This five-day conference is designed to maximize opportunities for learning, reflecting, and networking to help prepare attendees to navigate a new era of education abroad. The Forum's 17th Annual Conference, "Evolution & Revolution: Solutions in Action," will be held virtually March 1-5, 2021. Openi...

UCA hosts virtual reading from writer Kiese Laymon UCA hosts virtual reading from writer Kiese Laymon Kiese Laymon courtesy of UCA Writer Kiese Laymon (“Heavy: An American Memoir,” “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America,” “Long Division”) will give a public reading via Zoom as an artist-in-residence at the University of Central Arkansas Feb. 23-24. Laymon is currently the Hubert H. McAlexander chair of English at the University of Mississippi, where he founded the Catherine Coleman Initiative for the Arts and Social...

Jerald Walker is a Writing, Literature and Publishing professor at Emerson College. He is also the author of a new collection of personal essays called “How To Make A Slave And Other Essays,” which is a finalist for a National Book Award. The collection explores what it means to grow, parent, write and exist as a Black man in America. Discussion Points: On the historical context of the title of the collection, “How To Make A Slave.” “There’s one scene in his autobiography where (Frederick) Douglas is pretty much fed up with his treatment by his slave master. And he says, rig...