Torch Literary Arts

It's Friday! Check out "God Whispers on Leyland Drive" by Torch Magazine Friday Feature, Mecca M. Miles, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-mecca-m-miles

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Don't miss Torch at the Texas Book Festival this weekend!

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Tonight! Don't miss this reading by Tiana Clark and Donika Kelly at 7PM at Black Pearl Books!

Free RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/tianaclarkanddonikakelly/

Announcing Torch Magazine's November 2025 Feature, Myriam J. A. Chancy!

Visit Torch Magazine to read an excerpt from Village Weavers: A Novel, along with an interview: torchliteraryarts.org/post/november-2025-feature-myriam-j-a-chancy

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Congrats to our founder/ED, on the launch of Praisesong for the People!

Registration is open for the workshop - From the Lion’s Mouth: The Writer as Historical Witness with Sandra Jackson-Opoku!

Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/workshop-from-the-lions-mouth-the-writer-as-historical-witness-with-sandra-jackson-opoku

Don't miss the Torch Showcase at the Texas Book Festival Lit Crawl!

11/8
7:45 PM
Cheer Up Charlies

Featuring:
C. Prudence Arceneaux
Ebony LaDelle
Carrie R. Moore
Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo
Fabienne Josaphat

🎉Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/torch-tbf-lit-crawl-showcase

It's Friday! Check out "Higher Power" by Torch Magazine Friday Feature, Grace Morse, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-grace-morse

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Margo Jefferson is Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, and a 2022 recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction. She has published three books: Constructing a Nervous System: a memoir (2022); Negroland: a Memoir (2015;) and On Michael Jackson (2005).

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Torch Literary Arts welcomes new board member, Rachel E. Winston, and extends immense gratitude to retiring board secretary, Stephanie L. Lang.

Learn more: torchliteraryarts.org/news/torch-literary-arts-announces-transitions-to-2025-board-of-directors

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Join us on Nov. 3rd at 6:30 p.m. CT at BookPeople to welcome Ashley D. Farmer and Dr. Ashanté Reese to celebrate Queen Mother!

RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople-and-torch-literary-arts-present-ashley-d-farmer-queen-mother-tickets-1462311205179?aff=bp

Join us for An Evening with Tiana Clark and Donika Kelly at Black Pearl Books!

Thursday, Nov. 6th
7:00 P.M.
Black Pearl Books
7112 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757

RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/tianaclarkanddonikakelly/

It's Friday! Check out "Alice Walker's Mary Agnes Speaks" in Torch Magazine online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-cheryl-r-hopson

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Save the Date!

November 6 at 7pm
Black Pearl Books

Join us for a special evening at Black Pearl Books featuring Tiana Clark, author of Scortch Earth, and Donika Kelly, author of The Natural Order of Things!

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Celebrate National Day on Writing today with Torch Literary Arts!

🎉 Let's have some fun!

✍ Write a six word story in the comments.

Read Torch Magazine online at TorchLiteraryArts.org and get inspired!

Torch Magazine is open to submissions from Black women writers. Selected submissions will receive $150 and be showcased in our Friday Feature. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis year-round—no deadline!

Submit your original work: www.torchliteraryarts.org/torchmagazine

Today is National Black Poetry Day!

Visit TorchLiteraryArts.org to read poems by Black women from across the diaspora.

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Save the Date! Join us on 11/3 at 6:30 p.m. CT at BookPeople to welcome Ashley D. Farmer and Dr. Ashanté Reese (moderator) to celebrate Queen Mother!

🔥RSVP: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/wildfire-reading-series-featuring-ashley-d-farmer

Join us for our next Welcome Table Talk - Thinking About Love and the Divine with DaMaris Hill and Ajanaé Dawkins, moderated by Amanda Johnston.

October 21, 2025, at 6pm CT / 7pm ET
Zoom Webinar

RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Don't miss Ebony Stewart at the Torch Wildfire Reading Series!

Oct. 23 at 7pm at Bookwoman

Details and RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/2025wildfirereadingebonystewart/

Announcing Torch Magazine's nominations for the O. Henry Prize! Congratulations to the nominees.

“Nosey” by Jennifer Coley
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“Call More Dead” by Jessica Araújo
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Welcome to Torch Tuesdays, where we take a trip down memory lane! Today, we revisit Torch 2022 and an excerpt from "Mothering" by Anastacia-Reneé.

If you would like to read more, check out Torch Magazine and the archive online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/june-2022-feature-anastacia-rene%C3%A9

The time is now. Sustain Torch!

Join the many individual donors who've pledged to support Torch as a Community Impact Member with a monthly or annual donation.

Visit TorchLiteraryArts.org/donate

Become a CIM with as little as $10 per month or $100 annually and receive special benefits.

Creative Writing by Black Women | Torch Literary Arts Torch Literary Arts publishes creative writing by Black women online. We curate public events including our Wildfire Reading Series and offer workshops and retreats.

Thank you! Torch Day was amazing! If anyone missed it and wants to support, donate at TorchLiteraryArts.org/donate

Today is the day!!!

Shop at BookPeople (in store and online) and 10% of your purchase will go to Torch Literary Arts.

Visit BookPeople.com

10:30 a.m. - Children's Storytime

2:00 p.m. - Torch Reading

Buy any book, gift, toy, anything, and 10% will help Torch amplify Black women writers!

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Torch Day at BookPeople will be
Saturday, October 11th!

When you shop at BookPeople
in person and online, Torch receives 10%.

Torch Day at BookPeople includes:
Storytime with Amanda Johnston
The ABCs of Women's History,
Mama's Home, and I Am Loved.
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@bookpeople.com

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Torch Day at BookPeople will be
Saturday, October 11th!

Shop at BookPeople
in person and online
Torch receives 10%.

Plus
Poetry Reading with @amandajohnston.bsky.social,
Camari Carter Hawkins,
C. Prudence Arceneaux, and Ehigbor Okosun
@torchliteraryarts.bsky.social
@bookpeople.com

Congratulations to Torch Features Patricia Smith and Tiana Clark, and all of the finalists longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry!

See Tiana Clark and Donika Kelly at the Torch events at the Texas Book Festival in November!

Details at TorchLiteraryArts.org

Announcing Torch Magazine's October 2025 Feature, Patricia Spears Jones!

Read new poems and an excerpt from her play "Mother" along with an interview online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/october-2025-feature-patricia-spears-jones

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