Dantiel W. Moniz

Sep 8, 2023 | pen.org | Richard Chiem |Dantiel W. Moniz |Erica Galluscio |judges Venita Blackburn

In the coming weeks, we will feature Q&As with the contributors to this year’s Best Debut Short Stories anthology, published by Catapult. These stories were selected for the 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers by judges Venita Blackburn, Richard Chiem, and Dantiel W. Moniz. A program evaluator at the FDA, Patrick J. Zhou lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Joy, newborn daughter Naomi, and their cat Bobby Newport. “Tàidù” was originally published in Carve Magazine.

Jan 28, 2023 | audiobooks.com | Dantiel W. Moniz

A livewire debut from Dantiel W. Moniz, one of the most exciting discoveries in today's literary landscape, Milk Blood Heat depicts the sultry lives of Floridians in intergenerational tales that contemplate human connection, race, womanhood, inheritance, and the elemental darkness in us all. Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls, women, and men who find themselves confronted by extraordinary moments of violent personal reckoning.