My Essay “To Hear Her Story Told” Published in Pithead Chapel

My essay, “To Hear Her Story Told,” was published in the January 2014 issue of Pithead Chapel.  It tells the story of the loss of my mother and was written under the direction of Bobbie Louise Hawkins during a week I spent studying in the summer writing program at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.  It had languished in a drawer for ten years, until Bobbie Louise asked me if I was submitting work.  It was accepted within two weeks after being submitted, which is a record (and unusual).  You can read it at: pitheadchapel.com/to-hear-her-story-told.