Today is the final day of INVISIBLE: 11th Annual Call & Response Exhibition, at the Fenwick Gallery, Fenwick Library, on the Fairfax, VA campus of George Mason University. It was a huge privilege to have work in this year's exhibit, which was part of the Artworks for Freedom’s campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking.The visual artists and writers of Call + Response interpreted the theme of INVISIBLE as it relates to victims of “invisible crimes” or unlawful action

As the words "National conversation about sexual misconduct" appeared on CNN yesterday morning, I joked that I'd missed the national conversation about sexual conduct. I joke a lot because I have a bad temper, and jokes are one of the more socially acceptable ways of expressing rage. Sometimes. Good jokes are subversive, and I've been obsessed for a while about what it means to punch up versus punch down, because the concept illuminates a layer of privilege that isn't always

When the question of self-publishing comes up in my undergraduate fiction writing classes, I usually say that it's only a viable path if the writer is also a designer, editor, publicist, distributor, etc. That is, a self-published author needs to be able to do at least five jobs brilliantly, instead of just the one—writing. Given my lack of expertise/instinct in those other areas of book production, I'm super fortunate to be with a publishing company that puts a crew of creat