Recently I had the honor of being asked by Awst Press to curate, along with the author Susanna Childress, its annual essay series. Awst is an independent literary publisher located in Austin, TX. Awst is Welsh for August, the month in which the press was founded, and the essay series takes place each August to celebrate the press’s anniversary. Last year I had the pleasure of contributing an essay, “Of Flesh and Spirit,” to a series with the theme of “Outsiders.”
This year’s theme is similarly thought-provoking and important: Religion. Here are the thoughts Susanna and I posted this week on our topic:
https://awst-press.com/essay-series/thoughts-from-our-2017-essay-series-curators
It’s been great taking on the subject of religion and spending the past few months recruiting writers and working with them on their essays. Over the next month we’re featuring the writing of Ayesha Ali, A. Anupama, Sarah Faulman Arthur, Eman Beshtawii, Alicia Jo Rabins, Allison Schuette, Michelle Webster-Hein, and Sarah Wells. Their essays are amazing. I hope you’ll follow the series and catch them all.
