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					<description><![CDATA[Chantal James, Willow Books contributor, is now a Willow Books author. She has released a novella, Fes is a Mirror (2025).  James received a Fulbright fellowship in creative writing that allowed her to live in Morocco researching and writing this work. James learned the local Arabic dialect to conduct interviews from eyewitnesses to its political events for &#8230; <a href="https://willowlit.net/2025/10/29/fulbright-fellow-releases-novella/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fulbright Fellow Releases&#160;Novella</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[After some years, our press is returning to Idlewild, Michigan for the 2nd annual conference. Every year since we first appeared there, people have been asking when we would return. We were waiting for the right time, and the time is now. Take a look at the words of one of our registrants from the &#8230; <a href="https://willowlit.net/2024/07/07/our-return-to-idlewild/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Our Return to&#160;Idlewild</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[The next volume in the acclaimed Black Fire This Time series is set to debut next month. Volume 2 contains the work of over 75 award-winning poets and writers on the ongoing theme of &#8220;Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home.&#8221; The volume includes the work of living legends Judy Juanita, pioneer of &#8230; <a href="https://willowlit.net/2024/03/12/black-fire-this-time-volume-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Black Fire This Time Volume&#160;2</span></a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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