MFA fiction student, literary realism and poetry writer, women studies writing and literature teacher, mama to kids dogs pigs chickens and turtles, feminist
My Women in Lit students @unr_english loved reading Beloved @ToniMorrrison, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure #DorothyAllison, Liars and Saints @mailemeloy, In Other Words #JhumpaLahiri, and When My Brother was an Aztec @NatalieGDiaz. What a great mini-term!
Thank you so much to Mignon Fogarty @GrammarGirl for an amazing semester of independent study and a wonderful new friendship! (Also, those chocolates are my favorite 😍)
The fact that Trump has lifted President Obama's ban on elephant trophies being imported into the country is a devastating blow to the survival of these beautiful animals. It's savage and pointless. It breaks my heart.
Compassion, social intelligence, decisiveness, patience, wisdom. These are all qualities found in elephants and not found in the people allowing them to be killed for trophies. #NotUs
My story "Cowboy Justice"--previously published in The Best American Mystery Stories--will soon be available digitally to New York library patrons and subway commuters. Check out the cool cover @apheemesser designed! @plympton#subwaylibrary
All men need to do better. Some men just need to do more better than others. But all men can do better. We can stop encouraging bullshit. We can stop "laughing" at "jokes" we suspect are admissions of guilt. We can start snitchin. We can respect boundaries. We can believe women.