The ongoing tale of the survival of Frances Story, a sober-married lesbian-poet/writer-editor-teacher-reader-stepmom-woman-zoophilist-introvert-entrepreneur-aspiring camper who generally loathes labels.

I will always be a lonely 13-year-old, breathless after my first read-through of Jewel's A Night Without Armor.

Longer forms of varying genres

WIP. Childless stepmom reparents herself. (Represented by the Patron Saint of Failures St. Bridget of Sweden.)

WIP. Lesbianism. Queerness. The women I've been and known. (Represented by St. Wilgefortis)

I am a college professor and MFA student who prefers the company of women. Saint Ursula is the patron saint of students and teachers.