What did your parents tell you that you could be? My mother Beatrice Lee Reid and my father Francis Sherman Golden made me a writer. 📚 My mother told me when I was 12 years old that one day I…
This year I am celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the publication of my debut book the memoir Migrations of the Heart. I consider the publication of that book to be the official launching of my career as writer and teacher…
I love reading short stories. A finely crafted short story haunts the reader with the same power as a deeply affecting novel. Rion Amilcar Scott is one of my favorite short story writers. If you have not yet read his…