My short story, "You May See a Stranger," is now available in the Summer 2012 issue of The Gettysburg Review. I'm especially pleased to have work in the same issue as so many talented writers, including Rebecca McClanahan, whose essays and poems I truly admire.
I also learned recently that I was selected as a finalist for AWP's 2012 WC&C Scholarship Competition. While I didn't win (Justin Quarry is the winner in fiction), the judge, William Haywood Henderson of the Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver, Colorado, had this to say about my entry, which happened to be "You May See a Stranger":
This story is amazingly tense, and the tension never abates-it just keeps escalating as Deborah lets the depravity of her relationship unfold. The lobster dead on the plate, the sonogram, the various trysts and gropings-unforgettable, witty, and deeply melancholy.
Book jacket copy, anyone?
PAULA WHYMAN
I'm a writer living in the Washington, DC, area. My work has appeared in literary journals and anthologies including The Gettysburg Review, Gargoyle, Writes of Passage: Coming of Age Stories and Memoirs from The Hudson Review, in The Washington Post, and on NPR's "All Things Considered."
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Selected Works
Fiction
A young woman struggles with an unplanned pregnancy.
Sexual and racial tensions in a classroom threaten to explode as a young teen faces choices that will haunt her in adulthood. ORDER HERE
Two American teens go on their first European trip and get into trouble.
A young girl in Thailand is sold into prostitution by her mother.
A woman is haunted by events from the past that threaten to disturb her domestic life.
A man battles neighbors to build his dream house, while his son resists the pull of the family heritage.
A psychologist confuses fantasy and reality as she travels alone for the first time after her divorce.
Humor
Dining out with dietary issues, and Twizzlers. From the Washington Post.
KITCHEN SINK LINKS
Washington Independent Review of Books
Washington's nonprofit online book review
Semi-Charmed Life: Surviving at the Center of the Universe
first-person column on absurdities of suburban life
Bethesda World News
Bethesda's own parody newspaper
When the Menu Is a Minefield
Washington Post Food section, on dining out with dietary issues
Ode to the Hand Dryers of La Guardia
guest post for Susan Coll's blog
Rumpus Mini-Interview #19
I interview visual artist Tim Guthrie about his unusual anti-war project.
Work-in-Progress: A blog by Leslie Pietrzyk
Explores the Creative Process
Alternate Sides: A blog by Susan Coll
Adventures Along the Northeast Corridor
Finding Josephine
Writer Dionne Ford's blog
Poetry in the Arts
Publisher of the poetry journal, Ardent! - and fine books of poetry by invitation.
CURIOSITIES: THE BLOG
Notorious Comedy Duo Parkhurst & Stolls at The Writers Center
May 2, 2012
Two fabulous novelists who are also members of my fabulous writing group will be at The Writers Center this weekend talking trash. I mean, shop. Don't miss it!
Open Door Reading: Amy Stolls and Carolyn Parkhurst
Sun, 6 May, 2012 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Authors Amy Stolls (The Ninth Wife) and Carolyn Parkhurst (The Nobodies Album) read from their work, discuss the craft of writing while trying to avoid phrases as dull as “the craft of writing,” and grill each other on issues ranging from the value of writers’ groups to the challenges of writing during childbirth. They probably won’t discuss which friend once compared Carolyn’s work to the music of Phil Collins or why Amy swapped dresses with someone else halfway through Carolyn’s wedding.
Open Door Reading: Amy Stolls and Carolyn Parkhurst
Sun, 6 May, 2012 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Authors Amy Stolls (The Ninth Wife) and Carolyn Parkhurst (The Nobodies Album) read from their work, discuss the craft of writing while trying to avoid phrases as dull as “the craft of writing,” and grill each other on issues ranging from the value of writers’ groups to the challenges of writing during childbirth. They probably won’t discuss which friend once compared Carolyn’s work to the music of Phil Collins or why Amy swapped dresses with someone else halfway through Carolyn’s wedding.