In November 2022, Hurston/Wright's executive director, Khadijah Ali-Coleman talked with Zelda Lockhart about her forthcoming work and the genesis of her book, "The Soul of the Full-Length Manuscript: Turning Life's Wounds Into the Gift of Literary Fiction, Memoir, or Poetry."
Zelda Lockhart is a writer, speaker, teacher and researcher. She is the director of LaVenson Press and Her Story Garden Studios. She is the author of several books, with her first novel receiving critical acclaim including becoming a 2002 Barnes & Noble Discovery selection and a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her book Cold Running Creek won the Black Caucus of the American Library Association's Honor Book award for fiction in 2008. Her book Fifth Born II was a 2011 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for lesbian fiction. She was named the 2010 Piedmont Laureate and a 2012 Distinguished Alumna of Old Dominion University.
Her novels emphasize the struggles, sexual trauma, and triumphs of African and Native American women and her research focuses on inquiries into intergenerational healing. Learn more at https://zeldalockhart.com/
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