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Becoming Mist: On Turning Seventy-Four
Last night at the end of an event featuring Ann Patchett, she was asked, “is it possible for a 54 year old woman to write a novel and have it…
Jun 17
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He, She, and It (Subtext: Disabled People Get to Do What They Need to Do.)
Hurrah to Our Public Libraries!
Apr 30
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"Butt Care is Essential" and Other Reasons to Stay in Bed
These days I feel irrelevant.
Feb 12
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Instead of End-of-Year Stats
Every year, maybe for the last fifteen, I’ve compiled a list of rejections and acceptances.
Dec 2, 2025
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Creative Mortification
Two Years Later
Sep 23, 2025
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Aug 31, 2025
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The Lambda Literary Awards
"This year’s Lammys represents the importance of our work–we must elevate LGBTQ+ stories to give hope for a future where we are all free while reminding…
Jul 31, 2025
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"The Summer Extravaganza" - A Pride Celebration Renamed
Last night I read my work at the Harn Museum. I chose an excerpt from my essay “Rolling in the Mud.” Here are my remarks, more or less, after the…
Jun 13, 2025
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Malicious Compliance
I bungled a presentation.
Apr 9, 2025
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Strategies of Resistance?
Two weeks after the presidential inauguration, I started teaching an in-person creative nonfiction class.
Mar 8, 2025
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Say Yes
Here in Florida we have disasters and devastations that give warning, that we know are coming, like hurricanes.
Jan 13, 2025
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Rejections, What Rejections? My 2024 End-of-Year Writing Stats
Each year I compile a reckoning of my writing life as told through acceptances and rejections.
Dec 16, 2024
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How are you doing?
How'ya you doing?
Nov 26, 2024
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"Write a Piece, Prose or Poem, in Which You Praise Something in a Very Unexpected Way."
December 15, End of Day: That's the submission deadline for the premier issue of ContingousLyt: A Cooperative Literary Project, an innovative journal…
Oct 25, 2024
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