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Elwin Cotman

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Elwin Cotman is a storyteller from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of three collections of speculative short stories, The Jack Daniels Sessions EP, Hard Times Blues, and Dance on Saturday. His next book, Weird Black Girls, is forthcoming from Scribner in 2024. His debut novel The Age of Ignorance will be published by Scribner in 2025.

Cotman’s work has appeared in Grist, Electric Lit, Buzzfeed, The Southwestern Review, and The Offing, among others (see publications). He holds a BA from the University of Pittsburgh and a MFA from Mills College. He writes this and that on his Substack.

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	Weird Black Girls 3.03 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dance on Saturday 3.69 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mooncalves: Strange Stories by John W.M. Thompson (Editor), Briar Ripley Page (Goodreads Author), Ernest Ogunyemi 4.64 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hard Times Blues 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jack Daniels Sessions EP by Elwin Cotman (Goodreads Author), Rachel Dorrett (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wizard's Homecoming 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dirty Napkin (Volume 2.4, Fall 2009) by Dirty Napkin, David Alpaugh, Amy Miller it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mooncalves: Strange Stories by John W.M. Thompson, Brian Evenson, Steve Rasnic Tem (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Writing without Walls: March 2012 by Elizabeth Green, Elwin Cotman (Goodreads Author), Susanna Solomon (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Chapter 119: In Which I Discuss Sense8 Being Cancelled :(

For your information, I still don't have an agent.

Netflix canceled Sense8. I'm not happy about this. First, it was a good show. A sci-fi actioner with compelling characters and storylines. Second, it was the only TV show I can recall recently that celebrated diversity and inclusion. So of course it had to go, 'cause that stuff isn't cool anymore.

It was also a show with a diverse cast that addresse Read more of this blog post »

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“Alone without purpose, they fell asleep.”
― Elwin Cotman, Weird Black Girls

tags: magical-realism

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