A number of exciting creative writing updates for 2025!
My first creative nonfiction piece, "Gin: A Diptych," was published in The Palisades Review in August. Thank you to Editor-in-Chief Mea Cohen for publishing it.
In September, I was honored to present an essay at the Kathryn Davis Symposium at Porter Square Books Boston Edition. Many thanks to Josh Cook for including me along with three other wonderful presenters, Kristen Evans, Maya Sonenberg, and Katherine Hollander. Kelly Link interviewed Kathryn Davis after we presented our essays, and the conversation was delightful. I have never presented an essay on one of my favorite writers and one of my favorite novels, Duplex, while that writer sat in the audience listening. It meant the world to me that she was there to hear it, and that I could speak with her about it afterward. You can read the essay, "Haunted by the Other," and view a recording of the event at the symposium website. What a pleasure not only to meet Davis but also to hang out with fellow dedicated Davis fans! It was a very special night.
The year's not over yet! More to come ...
And next year will bring yet another essay on Shirley Jackson. Stay tuned!
