San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 I am thrilled that my short story “Earthquake” is being published by Digging Press Journal. I have been a fan of Gessy Alvarez, editor of the journal, for several years, and grateful for the encouragement she gave me when an earlier version of the journal, Digging Through the Fat, gave echo and [...]
My flash fiction piece, “A quiet seethe,” was published today by 50 give or take, an emailed micro-fiction publication from Vine Leaves Press. I’m so happy to see my little vignette making its way out into the world! The original version of this story arose in a workshop with Grant Faulkner, the prompt a painting by [...]
“When I catch my breath up in my arms, so full of mourning, a caught in the throat breath, a too hard to let it all out at once breath, and I just try to make space for it, a cove, a crook of an elbow, a place to ease in and out, too [...]
Back when I was in school, if I missed a due date it became almost impossible for me to write a paper, no matter how well-prepared I was. Once I had a three-page outline with citations prepared for a five-page essay; yet once the paper was late, it seemed like it weighed a ton [...]