End of the year, a good year
writing and publishing, “Hiding,” published in Ascent, named a notable essay in Best American Essays
of 2013, “Hidden Messages,” published in Stone
Voices, “The Groves,” published in Calyx,
“Pilgrimage,” published in Ploughshares.
And none would have been possible without the Virginia Center for the Creative
Arts where I worked on every one of these essays. And my latest body or work,
essays about Jews, Vichy France and the Second World War all began at Moulin a
Nef, VCCA, France. In 2011 during a residency at Moulin a Nef, I was looking
for new work, and I found it in the quiet village of Auvillar and beyond, in
Beaulieu Sur Dordogne, in Paris, researching, interviewing, writing.
So
thank you, VCCA for the time, the space, the magic of Mount Saint Angelo, of
Moulin a Nef, all made possible by a dedicated staff and the generosity of
those who love and support the arts. http://www.vcca.com/main/index.php
Happy New Year.
