I have some updates to share about both mammograms and monarch butterflies, but first, a happy announcement. The judges for the Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund have awarded me a grant to afford me time to work on my book-in-progress, One Canary Sings. The fund bequeaths small grants to feminists in the arts, and I am honored and energized…
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The Butterfly Effect
I’m pleased to announce that “The Butterfly Effect”–which was first published in Creative Nonfiction, where it won the Robert Fragasso Animal Advocate Award for the Best Creative Nonfiction Essay About Animals, and then went on to win a Pushcart Prize–is now available online. Click here to read about monarch butterflies, the Butterfly Lady of Butterfly Town, USA, and so much more.
“The Butterfly Effect,” a story told live at Slant
Four times a year, the Telling Room and Space Gallery host Slant, Portland’s own version of the Moth Radio Hour, an evening of true stories told live without notes. This winter, they invited me to share a story, and on February 10th, I told a story based on my award-winning essay, “The Butterfly Effect.” You can watch it here: The…