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Robert J. Williams

Robert J. Williams is the author of Strivers and Other Stories, winner of the 2016 Washington Writers’ Publishing House (WWPH) Fiction Prize. His work has also appeared in the Callaloo literary journal. A 2024 Kimbilio Fiction Fellow, he is the recipient of four Larry Neal Writers’ Awards.

He serves on the Executive Board of the Washington Writers’ Publishing House as the Vice President, Trade Relations

2016 Washington Writers' Publishing House Fiction Award
Winner

WWPH Publications by Robert J. Williams

Testimonials

  • The feathery touch of these graceful short tales conceals melancholic undertones of helplessness and American class and race divisions.

    Kirkus Reviews

  • If the best fiction aims to dissect social reality, this collection fits in with that long, distinguished, and dazzling tradition.

    Washington City Paper

  • Williams writes vividly about the American south, making the region itself a central character in his first collection of short fiction.

    Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C.

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