My Deepest, Most Tender Wound: Stories

This short story collection investigates dynamics of violence, grief, and rage when perpetrated by and against female characters. Each story finds comfort in the complexities of trauma, so much so that emotions such as anger and sadness are often synonymous with moments of all-consuming intimacy. In my writing process, I discovered the strength of compassion, towards my characters and myself, and found that my process of creating strong female characters and discovering the power of feminine rage in contemporary literature comes from a place inside me that is driven explicitly by own instances of love and loss. Where there is violence, there is hurt. Where there is hurt, there is trauma. Where there is trauma, there is grief. These feelings became so intertwined in my thesis that their definitions are often used interchangeably, manifesting themselves through character, plot, description, and metaphor.