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Author Archives: Joyce Goldenstern
Three Rooms
My fiction “Three Rooms” appears in the 2021 print edition of Interim. The three rooms explored are Forbidden Room, based on the folktale of Bluebeard Hidden Room, based on the story of the wife in Jane Eyre Spare Room, based on a dream of a visitor who stays and stays The print edition can beContinue reading “Three Rooms”
“The Inquisitor” from In Their Ruin
This chapter is from In Their Ruin, an upcoming novel (2023) from Black Heron Press. https://thewritelaunch.com/2022/03/in-their-ruin-inquisitor/ It is published in Write Launch.
The 1619 Project
I am looking for some people who would like to read and discuss, chapter by chapter, the 1619 project together. I would prefer in person rather than zoom. My e-mail is jkaygolden@gmail.com Perhaps we could meet at Illinois Bar and Grill in Brighton Park 4135 W. 47th or Bar Louie (47 W. Polk) in theContinue reading “The 1619 Project”
Elegy
The liminal space we inhabit when someone dear to us dies opens us up to deep feelings, even to the supernatural: suddenly everything seems infused with meaning. I have written work I consider elegiac for my mother and father, my partner John, for my cat Cookie (See blog post Animals as Inspiration) and even aContinue reading “Elegy”
The Story Ends -- The Story Never Ends 