{"product_id":"midnight-indigo-celebrating-black-women-writers-issue-3-paperback","title":"midnight \u0026 indigo - Celebrating Black women writers (Issue 3) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIanna a. Small\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emidnight \u0026amp; indigo is a literary journal dedicated to short fiction and narrative essays by Black women writers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing 19 Black women writers, the third issue includes contributions by Vanessa Anyanso, Itoro Bassey, Jennifer Celestin, Stefani Cox, Elizabeth Crowder, Christine Hill, Nikki Igbo, Lori D. Johnson, Michelle Johnson, Taylor Jordan, Ambata Kazi-Nance, Jesica Lovelace, Shanda McManus, Ava Ming, Mar a Elena Montero, Noro Otitigbe, Jasmyne K. Rogers, Ethel Smith and Sekai K. 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Johnson. \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Prell Sisters of Alabama\"\u003c\/strong\u003e by Ethel Smith is about three sisters who taught in the Black Belt of Alabama during the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo lovers return to New Orleans to stoke the flames of their love affair, in \u003cstrong\u003e\"The House on Dante and Belfast\"\u003c\/strong\u003e by Nikki Igbo. Set in 18th century West Africa, \u003cstrong\u003e\"Alero\"\u003c\/strong\u003e by Noro Otitigbe is the story of a girl who marries the man of her dreams, only to be persecuted for her infertility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTavia is reminded of her spiritual strength after learning a painful lesson in \u003cstrong\u003e\"Everybody Can't Come to Your House\"\u003c\/strong\u003e by Jasmyne K. Rogers. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Rooster\"\u003c\/strong\u003e by Michelle Johnson is based on the true story of the Kentucky Raid in Cass County, MI in 1847. The Black women who fought back against enslavers aren't typically spoken about. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Nigerian-American college student struggles with her identity in \u003cstrong\u003e\"Coming Home\"\u003c\/strong\u003e by Vanessa Anyanso. Coping with a recent breakup, Zuri has locked herself in the bedroom she shared with her ex-lover. When she receives a call from his wife, she learns that he has been dead for ten years, in \u003cstrong\u003e\"How to Find a Husband\"\u003c\/strong\u003e by Jesica Lovelace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\"Heart Conjure\"\u003c\/strong\u003e by Stefani Cox, Sade and Delario share a love for the Black spiritual tradition of hoodoo and ancestral\/spirit-oriented practices. 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In \u003cstrong\u003e\"Congratulations, It's a Girl\" \u003c\/strong\u003eby Ambata Kazi-Nance, a young Black Muslim woman, estranged from her family, attends her older brother's wedding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a 20-year estrangement, a daughter and her elderly father meet at a guest house in Zimbabwe in \u003cstrong\u003eThe Postmortem\u003c\/strong\u003e by Sekai K. Ward. \u003cstrong\u003eImpossible \u003c\/strong\u003eby Elizabeth Crowder explores memories of growing up with an anxiety disorder with a bipolar mother. 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