This month, The Feminist Press published The Raging Skillet: The True Life Story of Chef Rossi. As part of our social media campaign for Rossi's book, various staff and interns wrote about recipes that are meaningful to us. Mine went up on tumblr today. Rossi's memoir is about her own journey as a queer, feminist,… Continue reading Food is Love
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Easter Sunday
Grandpa Allan was always old. My whole life, I never remember him not sagging pants, white hair, and sloppy kisses hello. He wasn't my real grandpa--my mom's dad passed before I was born. I kept him at an arm's length, always said, "step." I was in college when my grandma got sick. One day while my… Continue reading Easter Sunday
On Descending Into Madness, or Editing a Short Story Collection
I've spent the month of March editing, tweaking, rearranging, and rewriting a story collection of mine that has been in the works for a few years now, Siblings and Other Stories. Editing a story collection is an entirely different beast from my experiences editing a novel. In order for it to be successful, you have… Continue reading On Descending Into Madness, or Editing a Short Story Collection
Fourth of July Fairy Tale, Part II
The story gets a bit weird here, likely because I wrote it at two in the morning when I couldn't sleep on my flight between New York and Washington. Oh well, this one's for the birds... Adriana, Made of Light (Continued) Adriana found the birds perched in a willow tree on the edge of town.… Continue reading Fourth of July Fairy Tale, Part II
Fourth of July Fairy Tale, Part I
Every year my family gathers for the Fourth of July at my parents' house in Central Washington. Of the many Americana traditions we partake in--watching fireworks, watermelon-eating contest--one of my favorites is sitting around the fire pit in my parents' yard. This year, my mom asked me to write a fairy tale to read while… Continue reading Fourth of July Fairy Tale, Part I
