I am thrilled to share that my story, "I Am in It," published in Alaska Quarterly Review, was noted as a Distinguished Story of 2021 in The Best American Short Stories, edited by Andrew Sean Greer with Heidi Pitlor. It was an honor simply to be included in an issue of AQR and a … [Read more...]
Hop into a Car: A Week of Beginnings
There’s a pre-school across the street from my bedroom window with an inviting red door. I’ve been paying attention to doors and openings lately—and to this door in particular. This morning I watch a father dropping his little girl off for the day. She looks tense about it, and … [Read more...]
Copper Nickel Editors’ Prize
Copper Nickel published three of my stories in the Spring 2020 print issue, and I am delighted to announce the magazine has awarded me their Editors' Prize in Prose for Issue 30 for the "most exciting" work in the issue as determined by a vote of their full staff. This was a … [Read more...]
Cut on the Bias
"It gives you satisfaction to be a woman tying men down. When you see your work cinched under the Adam’s apples of men on the street, you open a button on your blouse. You let the wind have at your throat. At least this, you think." My latest flash fiction, "Cut on the Bias," … [Read more...]
Love in the Time of Brad Pitt’s First Marriage
When I lived in Santiago in my twenties, my roommate and I kept seeing a guy in our neighborhood who looked just like Brad Pitt. OK, maybe just a little bit like Brad Pitt. It was more about his attitude than his eyes. He had a cool leather jacket and slick (kind of greasy) hair … [Read more...]
