Shannon Perri
Shannon Perri holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Texas State University and a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Texas. Her fiction, essays, reviews, and interviews have appeared in The Millions, Texas Highways, Houston Chronicle, and elsewhere.
The book opens with the fictional Collins Family Tree, handwritten by Sanders’s own mother, priming the reader for the intimacy of the words to come. Yet paired with that intimacy are characters concerned with the role perception may play as they strive to forge their path in a world that’s not always welcoming. The characters in this collection are either members of the Collins Family, a multigenerational Black family spread across the Northeast, or in their orbit.
