My essay “Growing an Avocado Tree from Seed” was published in the winter 2022 issue of Persimmon Tree this morning. This essay came about in such an organic way, as I looked for things to occupy my time in the early days of the pandemic. Like everyone, I was sad and […]
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New Essay in The Rumpus: “Doors”
My essay on feminine rage, “Doors,” was published in The Rumpus‘s “Enough” column today. This essay was one I didn’t think I could write. It came about quite by accident, through the encouragement of friends. My friend Amy Reardon is a generous writer and friend who is always sending me little […]
My MFA Diploma Arrived
It’s official—I have a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California! My diploma just arrived in the mail. This is a journey I’d never dreamed for myself. I’d like to share my writing journey with you, in case it encourages you. I dropped out of UC Santa […]
New Short Story in Kelp Journal: “The Jetty”
My short story “The Jetty” was published in Kelp Journal‘s summer 2021 issue today! This is my first short story publication, and Kelp Journal is a dream journal, so this means a great deal to me. The story is a loosely linked story from my novel-in-linked-stories, which is nearly finished and which I […]
“Hagar: A Story of To-Day” Featured on NeglectedBooks.com
Last fall, I wrote about women writers whose work has fallen into obscurity and out of print for the Los Angeles Review of Books: Ghosts on the Page: Alice Cary’s Hagar: A Story of To-Day and Other Lost Books. I recently discovered a phenomenal website, NeglectedBooks.com. Lucy Scholes mentions the website […]
New Essay in LARB: “Beheaded”
The Los Angeles Review of Books published my personal essay “Beheaded” this morning. This piece started formulating in my head when my daughter and I were in Europe–everywhere we turned, it seemed, there were monuments to women who had been beheaded. It made me reflect on domestic violence and my […]