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Kalisha’s take on two of the most important black women’s novels and films is a featured piece for BlogHer’s Entertainment section. Read her piece, “Important and Troubling Book-to-Film Issues in My Favorite Movies: ‘The Color Purple’ and ‘Beloved’” here on BlogHer.
Kalisha’s story PERSONALS appears in the most recent issue of The Stockholm Review of Literature. The story follows a web of interconnected strangers plagued by urban alienation and internet safety issues across a nameless online platform.
Hermeneutic Chaos has published the first public peek at Kalisha's latest novel. The story follows a brave and strident girl fated to tragedy in her Mississippi trailer park, where the world around her begins to unravel after a child and woman’s disappearances. Click here for SoundCloud audio version.
Kalisha’s story PERSONALS appears in the most recent issue of The Stockholm Review of Literature. The story follows a web of interconnected strangers plagued by urban alienation and internet safety issues across a nameless online platform.
Hermeneutic Chaos has published the first public peek at Kalisha's latest novel. The story follows a brave and strident girl fated to tragedy in her Mississippi trailer park, where the world around her begins to unravel after a child and woman’s disappearances. Click here for SoundCloud audio version.
Watch Kalisha on the ID Channel
Kalisha appears on Investigation Discovery Channel’s Deadly Affairs true-crime docudrama series, hosted by Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Susan Lucci. Her first episode premiered September 13, at 10 EST/9 CT. The episode is entitled “Bound and Determined.” In this case, a suburban Detroit housewife married young and only later realized she married an abusive man.
Her next episode premiered November 6, at 10 EST/9 CT. The episode is entitled “Games People Play.” In the first case, a suburban New Jersey couple’s marriage is wrecked by adultery, private investigator hirings and high debts. In the next case, a military veteran succumbs to mental illness and finds his wife turns on him.
The episodes will rerun throughout Season 3 and you are able to do DVR searches for her episodes via the titles. To see a preview of one of her shows, view her on the ID website Here.
Her next episode premiered November 6, at 10 EST/9 CT. The episode is entitled “Games People Play.” In the first case, a suburban New Jersey couple’s marriage is wrecked by adultery, private investigator hirings and high debts. In the next case, a military veteran succumbs to mental illness and finds his wife turns on him.
The episodes will rerun throughout Season 3 and you are able to do DVR searches for her episodes via the titles. To see a preview of one of her shows, view her on the ID website Here.
Read Kalisha’s Interview for Morphemic Morphology.
Editor-in-Chief Shinjini Bhattacharjee of Hermeneutic Chaos Literary Journal interviews Kalisha for the journal’s blog “Morphemic Morphology.” Kalisha discusses writing, the writing life and her newest works here: Terpischore’s Atrium with Kalisha Buckhanon. Thank you for reading.
Kalisha is featured on BlogHer.
Kalisha’s piece 10 Women Authors to Read is featured on BlogHer to highlight Women’s History Month. The essay outlines ten contemporary female authors from around the world and their books to read throughout the year. Thank you for reading not only Kalisha’s work but also of these great women writers.
Kalisha reads from her story “Who Killed Her?” at BRN Issue 15.1 Release @NYU.
Black Renaissance Noire Volume 15.1 Issue Release: Reading and Reception
Friday, May 1, 2015, 7:00, RSVP
Black Renaissance Noire
&
The Institute of African American Affairs
Present:
Kalisha Buckhanon
READINGS & RECEPTION
Friday, May 1, 2015
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
New York University
19 University Place
(btwn E. 8th and Waverly Place), rm. 102
New York, NY 10003
Free & Open to the Public with Limited Space
Please RSVP to (212) 998-IAAA (4222)
Friday, May 1, 2015, 7:00, RSVP
Black Renaissance Noire
&
The Institute of African American Affairs
Present:
Kalisha Buckhanon
READINGS & RECEPTION
Friday, May 1, 2015
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
New York University
19 University Place
(btwn E. 8th and Waverly Place), rm. 102
New York, NY 10003
Free & Open to the Public with Limited Space
Please RSVP to (212) 998-IAAA (4222)
Read more from Kalisha's upcoming novel SOLEMN.
Hermeneutic Chaos has published a new peek at Kalisha’s latest novel, SOLEMN, in an excerpt entitled Solemn and the Hassles.
The story follows a brave and strident girl fated to tragedy in her Mississippi trailer park, where the world around her begins to unravel after a child and woman’s disappearances. Kalisha appears alongside other authors in the magazine. Thank you for reading and supporting not only Kalisha’s work, but the magazine and other writers.
The story follows a brave and strident girl fated to tragedy in her Mississippi trailer park, where the world around her begins to unravel after a child and woman’s disappearances. Kalisha appears alongside other authors in the magazine. Thank you for reading and supporting not only Kalisha’s work, but the magazine and other writers.
Read an excerpt of Kalisha's novel-in-progress, SPEAKING OF SUMMER.
Intellectual Refuge has published an excerpt of Kalisha’s novel-in-progress, SPEAKING OF SUMMER.
The story follows a successful but overwhelmed New York woman who finds out her interpretation of her twin sister’s death may say more about her own life than her deceased sister’s. Kalisha appears alongside other authors in the journal. Thank you for reading and supporting not only Kalisha’s work, but the journal and other writers.
The story follows a successful but overwhelmed New York woman who finds out her interpretation of her twin sister’s death may say more about her own life than her deceased sister’s. Kalisha appears alongside other authors in the journal. Thank you for reading and supporting not only Kalisha’s work, but the journal and other writers.
Read Kalisha's story "Tatiana" in Kweli Journal.
Kalisha's story "Tatiana" is published in Kweli Journal's Winter Issue. The story details a narrator's account of a girl gone missing from their small town neighborhood at the end of the school year, and the following summer when she is missed. Thank you for reading not only Kalisha's story, but the journal and other writers.
Library Journal praises Kalisha's new novel, SOLEMN.
Library Journal has listed Kalisha's new novel SOLEMN as among Old and New Voices of African American Fiction.
Reviewer Rollie Welch writes SOLEMN "earns a place alongside James Hannaham’s Delicious Foods as top-notch literary fiction sending a message about African American struggles in the 21st century."
Reviewer Rollie Welch writes SOLEMN "earns a place alongside James Hannaham’s Delicious Foods as top-notch literary fiction sending a message about African American struggles in the 21st century."
Kirkus gives Kalisha's SOLEMN an outstanding review.
Kirkus Reviews has called Kalisha's new novel SOLEMN "a hypnotic tale." Kirkus has previously praised Kalisha's first two novels CONCEPTION and UPSTATE.
Read the full review HERE .
Read the full review HERE .
