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"History will Absolve Us All" (an excerpt from Spic) in
Stickman Review
First Person--essay column in the
Nashville Scene
"Border Girl" has been turned into a chapbook by spitfirepress. Read or Purchase.
"Dancers, Please Take the Stage" in
RiverWalk Journal
Awards
"The Next Guy" won first place in the Nashville Scene's Annual Writing Contest, judged by Ann Patchett. (2005)
"Karma" placed as semi-finalist in the William Faulkner short story competition.(2005)
News
Karen is now studying at Bennington College for her MFA in Fiction Writing and Literature.
Her finished manuscript, Spic, has obtained representation from John Michel of the Morhaim Literary Agency in NY.
Gibara, Cuba
Mother said, "You will not get to keep that bed long, Inéz. Enjoy it now before Papi comes home.
Inéz believed it. The whole country believed that the winds were just blowing over their heads. They did not know it was stirring dust that would land and stick to the streets and cover them in gray.
--from Chapter 1 of Spic Author Blurbs
