Well, I did it: I graduated. After two and a half years, I received my MFA in fiction from the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Graduating felt good, but weird, and kind of sad? It was strange and wonderful having Al and the kids and my parents in Western North Carolina, where […]
I was honored to have my short story, “Nojento,” nominated for a Pushcart Prize by Water~Stone Review late last year. Recently, the WSR editors interviewed me about the piece, which you can find here. Sorry to have been a bit quiet on the blog lately. I am gearing up for my graduation from Warren Wilson […]
Hello! It’s January, which means it’s time for my annual tradition of updating all three of you who read this about what I read this past year. Last year, I predicted that I wouldn’t have a spare moment for any fun reading this year since I would be starting my MFA program. A year later, […]
Updating my blog has become a once-yearly January tradition, like taking down the Christmas lights. I have come to enjoy looking back at my year through the books that I read, recalling the ones I liked, the ones I loved, the ones I couldn’t finish. This year, though, even as I look back at the […]