March Literary Offering
Check out what our Abode community has been up to!
Our brief Texas winter looks like it’s finally coming to an end— there’s no better time to share our quarterly literary offering!
Author of My Sisters Look Like God Desiree McCray’s piece “Beyond Thoughts and Prayers: Prophetic Witness, Righteous Rage, and Sacred Tears” was featured in Presbyterian Outlook. Their essay “On Black Joy” was also featured in The Seventh Wave Mag. You can also check out a podcast interview with Desiree: 6.5 Minutes with Desiree McCray.
Author of TOY SOLDIERS MICHAEL CHANG will read at these LA AWP off-sites: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 7-9p at Temple Grounds; THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 6:30-9:30p at Angel City Brewery; FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 6-8p at Native Son. Other appearances will be announced.
Author of Weaving Liberation: An Archival Chapbook M. K. Thekkumkattil’s full-length essay collection The Sexuality of Care was acquired by Feminist Press and will be published in Spring 2026.
Bilingual Bitch by Abode author Angelica Julia Davila and GOOD GRIEF by poetry editor SG Huerta were featured on Letras Latinas’ “Most Anticipated Books of 2025.”
Abode Virtual Retreat faculty KB Brookins guest edited the latest issue of beestung, featuring “Fat4Fat” by author of BODYPOLITIC Aerik Francis and “Reflection” by Virtual Retreat alum Toni Garcia-Butler.
Thank you for celebrating crucial literature with us! Stay tuned for the launch of Bilingual Bitch and our AWP plans!