award-winning writer & performing artist in Lingit Aani, Juneau, Alaska
award-winning writer & performing artist in Lingit Aani, Juneau, Alaska
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Crouched between brown sierra and the Aconquija mountains, Tucumán unfurls bone-gray in a cloak of smog that cancels most color. On the other end of the earth, in a city whose name means “the end of things,” my new life begins. I’m from Alaska, where mountains cleave the sea and sky, hoping that Argentina will […]
On a whim, I submitted the first five pages of my memoir-in-progress to Modern Muse’s First Five Pages Contest. To my surprise, I won! The prize was a developmental critique and line edit of my first chapter. Here is an excerpt from my chapter “Be Like Water” after the editors carefully critiqued it. If you are a […]
NYT, Brevity Blog, & Other Publishing News! Southeast Alaska in July swerves between twenty hours of sunshine and spruce trees turning red, to lush rainforest a million shades of green. Plenty of black bear sightings, their dark hides lustrous from fresh salmon, and orcas hunting baby humpback whales until humpback families chase them off. Days […]
The other day I came across an article in Slate about a woman in the 1940s who abandoned her toddlers to move to the UK and write a novel. Doris Lessing believed that she could not pursue her creative work while serving in her capacity as a mother. I both admire and despise her. After two years […]
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Friends, If you are receiving this email, it’s because you have followed me here on my website, and for that I am extremely grateful! Today I announce that I just started a brand new NEWSLETTER! In order to receive my monthly (or less than that) newsletter, you will need to sign up at the link […]
“El que niega la muerte, niega la vida.” (He who denies death, denies life.) —Octavio Paz Today and tomorrow during Día de Muertos, Day of the Dead, people in Mexico, the U.S., & parts of Central America celebrate the lives of loved ones who passed on. Tradition holds that the dead would be offended with […]
Hey-yo, it’s my favorite time of year, fall! As we welcome in the crisp smell of leaves, death and decay, let’s revisit some autumn-appropriate satire from Election 2020! (Originally published in Greener Pastures Comedy, November 2020.) Wines that Pair Perfectly with the Fall… of Democracy Rosé-Colored Glasses — This lovely rosé combines elderflower and plum […]
Hello, hello! I’m happy to report that New York Times published my Tiny Victory in their Parenting newsletter this week! I bought my daughter this super soft, adorable alpaca to take to school and help with her anxiety (you can buy one here). It’s small enough to fit in her backpack. At the end of […]
By Amy Currul, Summer Koester and Gwen Coburn As a lobbyist for Exxon Mobil, I understand that many of you are upset about our role in the planet’s rapid deterioration due to climate change. I get it. I, too, would be upset, if I wasn’t already guaranteed a spot on Elon’s Mars Colony and its corresponding escape pod. I’m […]
