{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"A Brief But Spectacular take on Black women, sex and the church","publication_date":"October 22, 2023","summary":"Deesha Philyaw is a writer whose debut short story collection, \"The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,\" was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award. Her works touch on themes of race, sex, gender and pop culture. Philyaw shares her Brief But Spectacular take on Black women, sex and the Black church.","author_name":"By Katie Hodgman, Second Peninsula LLC","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2023\/10\/b97438ccd242cf527ebaf6589a82d3c5-BBS-2-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}