Kimberly S. Love

Hey there, Yes, I'm looking forward to the year-long celebration and want to do my part in spreading the word and making sure Morrison is represented well. This year is the springboard for a 2031 celebration of Morrison in the state, 100 years after her birth. Both celebrations will be based in Ohio but there are writers, readers, and scholars all over the nation who are involved! Google search says that Lorain is less than an hour from Cleveland. I've never been to the Cedar Point Amusement Park, but I lived out my youth and teenage years in a community called Cedar Point so the name is so so familiar. Good to meet you!

The yearlong celebration will begin with a kickoff event in the capitol of Columbus and close in Morrison’s hometown of Lorain. Partners in every county of the state will hold individual events including readings and discussions of her writing, talks with authors and important figures that Morrison influenced, school activities and writing contests, film screenings and performances inspired by her work, and much more. LEARN MORE

Austin Creek by Kimberly S. Love wins a South Arts Grant for how the novel depicts the vitality of the South! Read about the award, listen to Love discuss her book with a student from Alabama A&M, and start reading!

Book Description: Messenger birds, a conscious spring, and a terracotta effigy summon back home the Dove clan of Austin Creek, a mystical land in Butler County, Alabama. Before the exiled descendants can return to the long-forgotten enclave of their past, they have to complete inner journeys that threaten the meaning of self, marriage, and death. If they can remember ancient legends and reconnect an estranged paternal bloodline, their transformations are sure to shock every living entity in the Deep South woodlands. “Transcendent” –Futurescapes faculty reviewer. Winner of South Arts Literary Arts Project grant. Purchase today! I am interested in a book review; ISBN: 979-8-218-66932-4; Austin Creek by Kimberly S. Love; publication date June 2025. BIO: Kimberly S. Love was born and raised in the Appalachian foothills of Huntsville, Alabama. She left home to study literature and language at Tuskegee University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She continued her studies at the University of Virginia (UVA), where her career began, teaching composition and literature courses and leading African American Studies sections. She received a PhD in English Language and Literature from UVA. Love was awarded the Literary Arts Projects Grant, a program of South Arts, for how her debut novel Austin Creek represents the vitality of the South. Her other publications appear in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Root Work Journal, and Auburn Avenue. An essay is forthcoming in The Southern Quarterly. She is the founder of the Legacy Collective, a book publishing network for independent writers and artists. Website & Buy Link: https://austincreekonline.com/ For bulk or wholesale book orders, email ksl@legacycollectivebooks.com Press & Interviews: Alabama A&M University Student Publications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Mw8hzd33U&feature=youtu.be Speaking Out News (reprint): https://speakinoutweeklynews.net/2025/03/25/aamu-professor-awarded-south-arts-grant-to-complete-debut-novel/ Bulldog News at Alabama A&M University: https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/5000-award-suppotrs-dr-kimberly-loves-austin-creek.html Other Publications: Wooded Reflections Pachamama Too Shame to Look: Learning to Trust Mirrors and Healing the Lived Experience of Shame in Alice Walker's The Color Purple | Hypatia Contact Info: ksl@legacycollectivebooks.com Social Media Links: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090104025374 https://www.instagram.com/legacycollectivebooks/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-love-148039262/ https://linktr.ee/kimlove Public Service (Free Books for Free Minds) https://forms.gle/8jFcy2314VFXbkkj9 *Full Press Kit