Toni Ann Johnson on Narcissism, Autofiction, and Breaking Family Cycles

Welcome to Let’s Deconstruct a Story!How this works:Read the story carefully. This is important because the interview will contain spoilers.During this session, we will talk with the author about their personal process and analyze craft elements: plot, character, setting, dialogue, pacing, and revision.The aim is to learn how the story was built, with the hope that this will help you with your process.Hope you enjoy it.Cheers,KellyToni Ann Johnson will be talking about her story, “Daughtered Out,” from The Coachella Review.https://thecoachellareview.com/2021/06/02/daughtered-out-by-toni-ann-johnson/TONI ANN JOHNSON is the winner of the 2021 Flannery O’Connor Award for short fiction with her linked collection Light Skin Gone to Waste, released in October 2022. Roxane Gay selected the book for the prize and is its editor. Johnson’s novella Homegoing was a semi-finalist for the William Faulkner Wisdom Award in fiction. It won Accents Publishing’s inaugural novella contest in 2020 and was released in May of 2021. The novel Remedy For a Broken Angel was released in 2014 and earned Johnson a 2015 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author.In 1998, Johnson won the Christopher Award and the Humanitas Prize for her screenplay “Ruby Bridges,” the Disney/ABC movie and true story of the young girl who integrated into the New Orleans Public School system. In 2004, Johnson won a second Humanitas Prize for her screenplay “Crown Heights” (Showtime), also a true story.Purchase Toni Ann Johnson’s book here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letsdeconstructastory.substack.com/subscribe