Marie Phillips reads a short story involving an aloof friend, a goose, and some extreme gardening. (7 minutes)

For writer Marie Phillips, moving in with her partner meant finding herself deeply connected to the woman who came before her. (12 minutes)Marie Phillips is the author of Gods Behaving Badly.

An excerpt from “Belles Lettres," a short story by Nafissa Thompson-Spires from her book Heads of the Colored People, performed by actors Erika Alexander and Eisa Davis with a cameo from our colleague Alvin Melathe.