Kalisha Buckhanon's Blog, page 10

Watch Kalisha on the ID Channel

Kalisha appears on Investigation Discovery Channel’s Deadly Affairs true-crime docudrama series, hosted by Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Susan Lucci. Her first episode premiered September 13, at 10 EST/9 CT. The episode is entitled “Bound and Determined.” In this case, a suburban Detroit housewife married young and only later realized she married an abusive man.

Her next episode premiered November 6, at 10 EST/9 CT. The episode is entitled “Games People Play.” In the first case, a suburban New Jersey couple’s marriage is wrecked by adultery, private investigator hirings and high debts. In the next case, a military veteran succumbs to mental illness and finds his wife turns on him.

The episodes will rerun throughout Season 3 and you are able to do DVR searches for her episodes via the titles. To see a preview of one of her shows, view her on the ID website Here.

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Kalisha’s take on two of the most important black women’s novels and films is a featured piece for BlogHer’s Entertainment section. Read her piece, “Important and Troubling Book-to-Film Issues in My Favorite Movies: ‘The Color Purple’ and ‘Beloved’” here on BlogHer.


Kalisha’s story PERSONALS appears in the most recent issue of The Stockholm Review of Literature. The story follows a web of interconnected strangers plagued by urban alienation and internet safety issues across a nameless online platform.

Hermeneutic Chaos has published the first public peek at Kalisha's latest novel. The story follows a brave and strident girl fated to tragedy in her Mississippi trailer park, where the world around her begins to unravel after a child and woman’s disappearances. Click here for SoundCloud audio version.

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