October has been a month of encouraging losses. First, this rejection letter from the Winning Writers essay contest: “Dear Patricia, Before we announce our contest results to the public on October 15, I wanted to let you know that “Luminous Things” advanced to a late stage of judging, placing you among the top 5% of …
Very pleased to announce that I’ve been awarded a residency at PLAYA for next fall. I’ll be with a cohort of artists and scientists thinking about the environment, climate, the natural world. SO EXCITED!
I fill a journal about every three months, in which I include a running list of books I’m reading. From June to August this year I read: Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen Orientalism — Edward W. Said The Waves — Virginia Woolf Cold Enough for Snow — Jessica Au No God But God — …