christynscloset

Link to my blog, discussing in greater deatil what I learned reading Terese Marie Mailhot’s book. https://christynscloset.blog/ Art By: Erica Blackstock http://www.facebook.com/ERICAARTWORK/

Terese Mailhot Reads Heart Berries

There is something very confessional in listening to an author read their own work. I wanted to put a link to Terese reading some of the pages of her book so we could connect the woman with her experience. Her descriptions of poverty, “Res-Rats,” her father being beaten to death over a prostitute or a […]

The Appalachian Misuse of the English Language

In 2001 I started my first attempt at community college and enrolled into the Theatre and Dance program at Sinclair in Dayton, Ohio. As I became familiar with Shakespeare, Mamet, and Durang I began to see the shapes of drama and its various devices. As a young writer I felt the need to absorb every […]

NPR Podcast

Lulu Garcia-Navarro from NPR got to sit down and chat with Terese Mailhot to discuss not only her novel but also some of the key personal events that drive the emotional energy of the piece. Terese was very open and candid, offering stories of her family’s past for perspective. She told how her Grandmother was […]

Bio of the Author

Over the course of my Spring Lit class I was able to come to know myself better as a woman, and to see greater details in the delicate fiber of my individual experience. Each book taught me a different path to explore in the world of women’s writing and how I might be able to […]