The work must have spoken. My piece -- unpacking love and death and long term marriage -- A Thousand Years North of Dorothy, was awarded the James H. Grey award for short non-fiction. What a thrill. I was very surprised not because I didn't think it was a good piece, but because of what I have learned in writing that essay. It came straight from a true place. I remember years ago one of my literary mentors Greg Hollingshead commented that my writing in superlative when it comes from a true place. I'd crafted the other piece I submitted, worked on it for hours, and yet A Thousand Years came in three goes, three straight writing sessions that were for no one but myself. Once I put the three pieces together and found the through line, the essay fell together and obviously held together without sentimentality or artifice. It was a great affirmation to win that award from a jury of my peers. And with Body Trade off at the press...who knows what will happen to this writing career? I know one thing: I will stay true to what is real and what matters to me.
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