Desiree Cooper is the author of Know the Mother (Wayne State University Press 2016), a collection of flash fiction that dives unflinchingly into the intersection of race and gender. A former attorney, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and community activist, Cooper is a 2015 Kresge Artist Fellow whose fiction and poetry have appeared in Callaloo, Detroit Noir, Best African American Fiction 2010, Blood Orange Review, and Tidal Basin Review, among other online and print publications. She is currently a Kimbilio fellow, a national residency for African American fiction writers.
In its third year, The March Micro Marathon will be, as usual, a prompt-a-day whirlwind for 24 days. You’ll exchange drafts of micro fiction, non-fiction, and prose poetry in small groups and gather for a series of online events (all recorded for participants unable to attend live). We’ll finish with 3 competitions, and participants who are not already in SmokeLong Fitness will be invited to workshop with SmokeLong Fitness until the end of April!