Kim Church
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Kim Church

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Kim Church's debut novel BYRD won the Crook's Corner Book Prize and the IPPY Bronze Award for literary fiction, was a Chautauqua Prize finalist, and was longlisted for the First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction and the SIBA Book Award. Her second novel, LENA AND RAE, will be published in 2027. Her short work appears in The Sun Magazine, The Believer Logger, Shenandoah (Pushcart Prize nominee), and other journals, and has been anthologized internationally. She is a recipient of fiction fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council and residencies at the Millay Colony, Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has taught in diverse settings, from conferences to classrooms to homeless shelters to death row. She lives in Raleigh with her husband, artist Anthony Ulinski. “There is a strength and power in Church’s writing, and a deft and delicate touch.” — Chautauqua Prize Committee From BYRD: Addie believes in books. They are more interesting than real life and easier to understand. Sometimes you can guess the ending. Things usually work out, and if they don't, you can always tell yourself it was only a book. Also, there's the paper-and-glue smell of them, and the way the pages turn soft from being read and re-read. In first grade, Addie's teacher gives reading prizes: for every twenty-five books, a silver dollar; or, if you prefer, she'll drive over to your house after supper and let you choose a toy out of the trunk of her car. Addie always invites her over. She likes having the teacher's giant black Chevrolet parked out front where the neighbors can see. She likes standing over the trunk, inspecting the dolls, cradles, jump ropes, Slinkies, kickballs, knowing any of them could be hers. In the end, she is always practical. She collects enough silver dollars to fill a peanut butter jar, which she keeps on her dresser. It makes her feel rich and important, like someone you might read about in a book.
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