Y’all, I have exciting news! My book, Daughters of Muscadine, has just won the Tennessee Book Award in fiction! This is a huge honor. It comes with a $2,500 cash prize, and I’m invited to give a talk with Denton Loving and Rachel Louise Martin, the poetry and nonfiction winners, at the Southern Festival of Books this Sunday. I’m grinning big as can be! ❤️❤️❤️
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Congratulations Monic! I just read your short story “The Daughter” from Stories that Need to be told. I had to choose one story from the anthology to write a reflection on, and when I read yours I fell in love. It made me so emotional. It’s just so beautiful. I shed a lot of tears. You are an amazing writer.
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Thanks, Olivia. I always enjoy hearing from readers. Your kind words mean so much to me!
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