Mary Clark
@maryclarkwrites.bsky.social
Winner Crazyhorse Fiction Prize. Semifinalist American Short(er) Fiction Prize. Short stores in The New England Review, Swamp Pink, Fiction & J Journal: New Writing on Justice. Poems in Ploughshares, Iowa Review, Passages North et. al.
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Congratulations, Susan. I love your book.
Just before my brilliant sister Gail Shepherd died, completely unexpectedly, she read one of my stories and told me I needed to write a book of linked stories. Tonight, two years later, I finished and sent it to an agent. She has been beside me, guiding me through. Bittersweet.
November 28, 2023 at 1:13 PM
Congratulations, Susan. I love your book.
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First time I've posted anything of my own on a site and this is definitely the most personal thing I've ever written. I notice I'm fine with strangers reading personal things; trepidatious about showing people I know. Also trigger warning, suicide mention.
Gale Walden · Diary: David’s Presence · LRB 2 November 2023
Even before he died, I avoided telling people I knew David Foster Wallace. If they knew who he was, they wanted to know...
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October 31, 2023 at 2:51 PM
First time I've posted anything of my own on a site and this is definitely the most personal thing I've ever written. I notice I'm fine with strangers reading personal things; trepidatious about showing people I know. Also trigger warning, suicide mention.