Double Standards with Deesha Philyaw and Kelly Jo Ford

Deesha Philyaw's The Secret Lives of Church Ladies features four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church’s double standards and their own needs and passions. Crooked Hallelujah is a story of strife between saints and sinners, simmering in this richly drawn, atmospheric debut by Kelli Jo Ford, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Interviewed by Stephanie Greene