Born and raised in Southern California, Brit Bennett earned her MFA in fiction at the University of Michigan. Her debut novel The Mothers was a New York Times bestseller, and her second novel The Vanishing Half was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller.

Audre Lorde was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet" who dedicated her life and talents to confronting all forms of injustice and oppression.

Torch is thrilled to invite you to the 4th Annual Carrying the Torch event! Featuring Dr. Ashanté M. Reese, Nala Washington, Qween Red, and Amanda Johnston. Soul food reception provided by Mashae's Catering. 6/20/ 6pm Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/4th-annual-carrying-the-torch

Join us for Torch's In Conversation Series with Jacqueline Glover! June 17, 6pm, Zoom Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/in-conversation-with-jacqueline-glover Glover is executive director of the Black Film Project at the Hutchins Center at Harvard and Executive Producer of Natchez.

Torch is thrilled to announce our June 2026 Feature, Breena Clarke! Read "Dog Triptych" along with an interview online in Torch Magazine: torchliteraryarts.org/post/june-2026-feature-breena-clarke #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine

Torch Magazine is open to submissions from Black women writers. Whether you’re into Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, or Scripts (plays or screenplays), we’d love to read your work! Submit: torchliteraryarts.org/torchmagazine 🔥

It's Friday! Check out "A Hot Thing" by Friday Feature, February Spikener, online in Torch Magazine: www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-... #torchliteraryarts #poetry

Lena Waithe is an actor, producer, and screenwriter. She's known for her role as Denise on the 2015 Netflix series Master of None, winning an Emmy for the “Thanksgiving” episode. Waithe created the Showtime drama series The Chi and the horror anthology Them. #torchliteraryarts #wednesdaywisdom

It's Friday! Check out "Surveillance as Intimacy" by Friday Feature, Joely Williams, in Torch Magazine online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-joely-williams #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #poetry

In 2026, Torch lost access to $45,000 due to disinvestment in DEI—values we know make us all stronger together on and off the page. Help our story continue. 🔥TorchLiteraryArts.org/Donate Read More: torchliteraryarts.org/so/c5Pui1wNA?languageTag=en&cid=cf839906-6b56-4a46-aab4-bcab8a6ef3b3

2 weeks left to buy Early Bird tickets to A Gathering of Flames, 9/25-27/2026, Austin, TX! Buy Now and Save: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar... 💥What to expect? See link for details.💥

It's Friday! Check out "Unremarkable" by Friday Feature, Alisha S. Lockley, in Torch Magazine, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-alisha-s-lockley #TorchLiteraryArts #TorchMagazine #Poetry

To keep Torch's programs available for all who need them, we need the support of community members like you. Visit torchliteraryarts.org/donate and become a Community Impact Member today! 🔥🔥🔥

Zora Neale Hurston was a world-renowned writer and anthropologist. In 1935, she published Mules and Men. She published three books between 1934 and 1939. One of her most popular works was Their Eyes Were Watching God. #wednesdaywisdom #torchliteraryarts

Torch is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to uplifting Black women writers by: 💛 Publishing Black women writers in our Torch Magazine 📖 Preserving their literary legacy in our Torch archive 🌟 Providing opportunities to support their growth in the literary arts TorchLiteraryArts.org

May 2026 Torch 20th Anniversary Special Feature, Sharon Bridgforth! Read the feature online in Torch Magazine: torchliteraryarts.org/post/may-2026-torch-20th-anniversary-special-feature-sharon-bridgforth

It's Friday! Check out "Pottery Lesson" by Torch Friday Feature, Audrey P. Williams, in Torch Magazine online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-audrey-p-williams #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #CNF

Join Torch at the inaugural KUT Festival! Stop by our table and learn more about our work. And don't miss the amazing lineup of programs from our friends at the Texas Book Festival, including the Austin Poetry Showcase! Learn more at torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/kut-festival

🔥Giveaway🔥 Thanks to Austin Film Society, we're giving away tickets to see FANTASTIQUE on Saturday, May 2nd at AFS Cinema in Austin, TX! Enter by Thursday, April 30th, for a chance to win a pair of tickets. Visit Torch on Instagram for details: www.instagram.com/p/DXrXVvQjiY...

It's Friday! Check out "Documenti" by Friday Feature, Jae Broderick, in Torch Magazine online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-jae-broderick #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction

Torch is proud to announce our nominees for Best New Poets, Mecca M. Miles and Tiezst "Tie" Taylor! Read their work and others in Torch Magazine at TorchLiteraryArts.org. #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #bestnewpoets

🔥Major Announcement!🔥 Torch is thrilled to announce that Florinda Bryant, Ariana Brown, Nijla Mu'min, and Anastacia-Reneé will join the lineup of featured presenters at A Gathering of Flames: Celebrating 20 Years of Torch Literary Arts! Tickets: www.torchliteraryarts.org/agatheringof...

It's Friday! Check out "Flammable" by Torch Feature, Ryane Nicole Granados, in Torch Magazine online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-ryane-nicole-granados #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #CNF

Welcome to Torch Tuesday! Let's revisit our February 2023 Torch Magazine Feature Shay Youngblood and her piece "Subaltern Queen: a postcolonial broadside." Read the feature and interview online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/february-2023-feature-shay-youngblood

It's Friday! Check out "funerary rites" by Torch Friday Feature, Joy tabernacle KMT-Battle, in Torch Magazine online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-joy-tabernacle-kmt-battle #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #poetry

Join us! eventbrite.com/e/home-lineage-local-remedies-a-poetry-panel-community-gathering-tickets-1986838599736?aff=oddtdtcreator Home, Lineage, & (local) Remedies: A Poetry Panel & Community Gathering A celebratory day featuring readings & a panel by Chiagoziem Jideofor and Bianca Alyssa Pérez.

Torch supports Black women writers by: 💛 Publishing creative works by Black women in our Torch Magazine 📖 Preserving their literary legacy in our Torch archive 🌟 Providing creative resources and opportunities to support their growth in the literary arts Learn more at TorchLiteraryArts.org!

It's Friday! Check out "The Infomercial" by Torch Magazine Friday Feature, JUSTICE, online at TorchLiteraryArts.org. Read Now: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-justice #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #screenplay

Torch Literary Arts is thrilled to welcome Dalia Azim to the Board of Directors. 🎉🔥🎉 Read the news post online: torchliteraryarts.org/news/torch-literary-arts-announces-new-addition-to-2026-board-of-directors

Torch is elated to celebrate National Poetry Month and the Black women poets in our community. Read online: torchliteraryarts.org/news/celebrating-20-years-of-highlighting-black-women-in-poetry

Announcing Torch Magazine's April 2026 Feature, Malika Booker! Visit TorchLiteraryArts.org to read "Jonah at the Border" along with an interview. Read Now: torchliteraryarts.org/post/april-2026-feature-malika-booker #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #poetry

Join us for the next Welcome Table Talk - I Know a Place: Black Women Artists Imagine Sanctuary with Ashunda Norris and Desiree Cooper. Moderated by Opal Moore. Tuesday, March 31st 6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET On Zoom Free RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7QXkFbomRCeoo7cnCP_Fxg#/registration

It's Friday! Check out "A Hundred, Brilliant Suns" by Torch Friday Feature, Testimony Odey, in Torch Magazine, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-testimony-odey #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction

Registration opens Monday, March 16th! 🔥 Inaugural Torch Awards Gala 🔥 Literary Conference 🔥 Community Brunch & Open Mic September 25-27, 2026, in Austin, TX. Details: torchliteraryarts.org/agatheringofflames2026 🔥 Amplify Black Women Writers! 🔥

It's Friday! Check out "when you claim to be from nowhere in particular" by Friday Feature, Chiagoziem Jideofor, in Torch Magazine, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-chiagoziem-jideofor #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #poetry

Join us for the next Welcome Table Talk - I Know a Place: Black Women Artists Imagine Sanctuary. 3/31, 6pm CT / 7pm ET On Zoom RSVP: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/welcome-table-talk-i-know-a-place-black-women-artists-imagine-sanctuary

Host Publications is open for submissions through June 1st! Click through to learn what we’re looking for & our guidelines! ❤️ hostpublications.submittable.com/submit

Meet the team! These babies are doing big things at Torch Literary Arts! Visit TorchLiteraryArts.org

💥🔥📢 Public Announcement! >>> Save the Date <<< A Gathering of Flames: Celebrating 20 Years of Torch Literary Arts, September 25-27, 2026, Austin, TX 🔥Public Registration Opens Monday, March 16th! Learn More: torchliteraryarts.org/agatheringofflames2026 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Announcing Torch Magazine's March 2026 Feature, Bettina Judd! Visit TorchLiteraryArts.org to read an excerpt from Feelin: Creative Practice, Pleasure, and Black Feminist Thought along with an interview. #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #CNF

It's Friday! Check out "Valleys" in Torch Magazine by Friday Feature, Jasmine Harris, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-jasmine-harris #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #CNF

Torch Literary Arts is thrilled to welcome our newest team member, Administrative Associate Sierra Lewis! Drop a heart and help us welcome Sierra to the Torch community! ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️ 🔥🎉 About Sierra: torchliteraryarts.org/team/sierra-lewis

Torch Literary Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to uplifting Black women writers by: 💛 Publishing Torch Magazine 📖 Preserving works in our archive 🌟 Providing creative resources and opportunities Learn more at TorchLiteraryArts.org!

It's Friday! Check out "The Reality Show of My Dreams" in Torch Magazine by Friday Feature, Cynthia Manick, online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-cynthia-manick #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #poetry

Don't miss Dr. Malika Booker in Austin! FREE RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar... Dr. Malika Booker is a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her poem "Libation," published in Poetry Review won The Forward Prize for Best Single Poem.

It's Friday! Check out "Imitation is the Highest Flattery" by Friday Feature, Rakaya Fetuga, in Torch Magazine: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-rakaya-fetuga #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction

🔥 It's. That. Time! 🔥 Amplify Torch Literary Arts during Amplify Austin for a chance to win PRIZES! Details: amplifyatx.org/organizations/torch-literary-arts Add #lovetitos in your donation comments, and Tito's Handmade Vodka will add $25 to support Torch! #amplifyaustin @ilivehereigivehere

Throwback to 2024 and Writers Across the Diaspora featuring Nithy Kasa and FELISPEAKS. Join us for Writers Across the Diaspora 2026 featuring Dr. Malika Booker, Feb. 19th, 7 p.m. at the Carver Museum! RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar...

Registration is open for this in-person community workshop with Dr. Malika Booker! Date: Friday, Feb. 20 Time: 6 pm Location: ACC Highland, Austin, TX Details: torchliteraryarts.org/event-details/workshop-mapping-for-memories-with-dr-malika-booker 🔥🔥🔥

It's Friday! Check out "candy’s cameo [new york, 1975]" by Friday Feature, Samantha Lamont Adams, in Torch Magazine: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-samantha-lamont-adams #torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #poetry