Our founder and publisher, Stephanie Andrea Allen, was recently interviewed by the Minnesota Review. You can read the entire interview here.
Lambda Literary Reviews A Failure to Communicate by S. Andrea Allen
Have you read the latest review of S. (Stephanie) Andrea Allen's debut collection? Last week Lambda Literary reviewed it here.
Lesbian Communities: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
Poet, and scholar Julie R. Enszer describes BLF Press and its publisher S. Andrea Allen as part of a "black feminist (and lesbian) literary renaissance."
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Entropy Magazine Interview with S. Andrea Allen Founder and Publisher
How did BLF Press start?
I started BLF Press when I was still in graduate school working on my dissertation. I had been researching Black lesbian writers for a few years, and I came to realize that the challenges that the women faced in regards to publishing still existed (lack of diversity in publishing; the [false] notion that lesbian literature was now “mainstream;” lack of access to agents, editors, and other publishing professionals; and more than anything, the notion that our stories were somehow unworthy or had no literary merit). I decided right then that I could do something about that.
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Interview. Entropy Magazine. January 17, 2017.
A Dream Undeterred: An Interview w/ Black Lesbian Feminist Press On Their Debut Title, Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction
In 2012, after her dissertation proposal defense, Dr. Stephanie Andrea Allen had the idea of creating her own Black lesbian feminist press to pay homage to Barbara and Beverly Smith and their Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. It was part writer’s urge to continue the legacy of Black lesbian feminist storytelling and part a need to read books that represented her life today.
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Duque, Catalina Sofia Dansberger. "A Dream Undeterred: An Interview w/ Black Lesbian Feminist Press On Their Debut Title, Lez Talk: A Collection of Black Lesbian Short Fiction." The Huffington Post. December 7 2016.
Q&A: Dr. Stephanie Allen and Lauren Cherelle on Black Lesbian Feminism and Fiction
In this anthology Dr. Allen and Lauren Cherelle, author and manager of Resolute Publishing, collaborated on this first BLF project in an effort to give voice to current Black lesbian voices exploring realistic fiction, science fiction, fantasy and erotica that reflects the diverse professions, education and socio economic experience of Black lesbians.
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Duque, Catalina Sofia Dansberger. "Q&A: Dr. Stephanie Allen and Lauren Cherelle on Black Lesbian Feminism and Fiction." Ms. Magazine Blog. November 28, 2016.