Literary Liberation

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Submissions | Writing a Liberatory Practice [A Lit Lib x Memoir Land collaboration]
 • Sherisa de Groot, Literary Liberation, and Memoir Land
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"Writing requires an emotional nudity that prompts a similar ethic in liberation work."
 • PAIN BABY, Literary Liberation, and Yomalis Rosario
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Literary Liberation is Six Months Old!
 • Sherisa de Groot
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✍🏽The Three Resistances as Portals for Women, Writers, and Warriors
 • Natasha Elle Thomas
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What is "Let's Get Personal"?
Learn how Kin Keepers is evolving, find out what our Summer '25 theme is & register now to join our inaugural crew!
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Literary Liberation
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Lisa "Rubi G." Ventura
"I wrote this book to be my own witness and advocate for integrative health."
Ten Questions no. 5: Jen Soriano
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Sherisa de Groot
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Jen Soriano
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Literary Liberation
"Connection is integral to liberatory work"
Poet and artist Zoë Luh on the power of dreaming, the importance of connection, and how living with a disability is a constant reminder to resist.
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Zoë Luh
"I wanted to write a story that examined the power of community."
Ten Questions no. 4: Arriel Vinson
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Arriel Vinson
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Sherisa de Groot
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Literary Liberation
"Writing requires an emotional nudity that prompts a similar ethic in liberation work."
Poet and editor Ashna Ali on radical honesty, attention, and creativity as a divine right.
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PAIN BABY
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Literary Liberation
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Yomalis Rosario
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A Literary Life

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"Growing up, I never saw myself on the page, so I wanted to tell my own stories." Nicole Dennis-Benn's Literary Life
Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of PATSY and HERE COMES THE SUN, talks about identity.
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Sherisa de Groot
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Nicole Dennis-Benn
"I’m interested in utopia and the impediments to utopia." Emily Raboteau's Literary Life
Emily Raboteau, author of her most recent work, LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL: MOTHERING AGAINST "THE APOCALYPSE" talks about the importance of being understood.
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Sherisa de Groot
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Emily Raboteau
"The belief that words have power, that Black stories matter, and that I can write to make a difference all inspired me to become an…
Renée Watson, author of over 15 books, most recently BLACK GIRL YOU ARE ATLAS and 'skin & bones' takes us through her literary career, and tells us why…
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Sherisa de Groot
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"For so long publishing acted like it didn’t have space for this kind of writing, so I do so unapologetically." Minda Honey's Literary Life
The author of THE HEARTBREAK YEARS shares sound writing advice, her top book recommendations, and reveals a bit about future projects.
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Minda Honey
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Sherisa de Groot
"[My] responsibility is to understand the context of my own existence." Keisha-Gaye Anderson's Literary Life
"As an immigrant first-born daughter, this is not the practical or stable thing to do in the eyes of our family."
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Sherisa de Groot
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Keisha-Gaye Anderson
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