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Thanks for checking out my website. It presents a collection of my writing, from literary to academic. At this point, I’m focused on fiction. I’ve published three short stories and recently completed a novel, which was shortlisted in the 2007 Faulkner-Wisdom Competition.
My writing explores and honors the people and experiences at odd intersections of humanity. Such junctions give life its beautiful, messy, and exhilarating moments.
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I live and write in Minnesota but at heart I’m still a New England tomboy. My short story "The Things You Take, The Things You Leave" will appear in the summer 2008 issue of Natural Bridge. My current project is a novel manuscript titled Being Good About It. more . . . |
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In this coming–of–age story, a college girl returns to her hometown to work in a nursing home for the summer. Corporate efficiency collides with the realities of daily care when two patients are discovered with injuries, escalating a conflict between Beth and another aide. Beth must let go of her illusions and hold onto unexpected moments of friendship to get through the summer. |
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Hospital Drive, Volume 1 "Histories"
When a young aide learns more about some of the patients and staff in a large nursing home, she realizes people often go through life struggling to know each other.
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Square Lake, Volume 4 "Nina"
This brief encounter in a grimy laundromat depicts a moment of missed possibility for two women.
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