This, my first literary magazine publication, was a very long time in the making, and the remaking, and the submitting, and more submitting, etc. I’m still amazed that “Obsessed with the Dresses” actually made it into publication and I’m grateful for the many friends who helped along the way.
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Women’s Expressions of Grief, From Mourning Clothes to Memory Books
I went behind-the-scenes at the Met’s Costume Institute to report this story forĀ JSTOR.