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Destiny O. Birdsong

Biography

Destiny O. Birdsong

Destiny O. Birdsong’s writing has appeared in The Paris Review, African American Review and Catapult, among other publications. She has received the Academy of American Poets Prize and the Richard G. Peterson Poetry Prize. Her critically acclaimed debut collection of poems, NEGOTIATIONS, was longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Voelcker Award and published by Tin House Books.

Destiny O. Birdsong

Books by Destiny O. Birdsong

by Destiny O. Birdsong - Fiction, Women's Fiction

Suzette, Maple and Agnes --- three Black women with albinism --- call Shreveport, Louisiana home. At the bustling crossroads of the American South and Southwest, they find themselves at the crossroads of their own lives. Told in three parts, NOBODY’S MAGIC is a searing meditation on grief, female strength and self-discovery set against a backdrop of complicated social and racial histories. The book is a testament to the power of family --- the ones you're born in and the ones you choose. And in these three narratives, among the yearning and loss, each of these women may find a seed of hope for the future.