In this collection of five short stories Theresa Griffin Kennedy's assortment of unusual characters are sharply insightful and as damaged as they are intriguingly complex. Jolting the reader into regular double takes, "Burnside Field Lizard and Selected Stories," gives an authentic, place-based portrayal of some of Portland's less privileged inhabitants. “Theresa Griffin Kennedy’s small collection, Burnside Field Lizard and Selected Stories, explores the seamy and sordid underbelly of Portland’s dark side. Kennedy’s Portland is wet, dreary, and its inhabitants are broken; these characters are poor, struggling, addicted, angry, defenseless and sometimes mentally ill. In Kennedy published her first book of fiction, Burnside Field Lizard and Selected Stories, which was chosen as a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Award for She has been published with Portland Monthly Magazine, The Rumpus, The Portla.
Theresa Griffin Kennedy is an author, poet, editor writer of creative nonfiction, and literary fiction. She is also the editor of the small press Oregon Greystone Press and lives in Portland, OR with her husband Don DuPay, also a writer. In Kennedy published her first book of fiction, Burnside Field Lizard and Selected Stories, which was. Total Freedom: A Conversation with Theresa Griffin Kennedy. By Francine Raften. December 14th, Theresa Griffin Kennedy discusses her new story collection, BURNSIDE FIELD bltadwin.ru Tags: #metoo, A Confederacy of Dunces. Burnside Field Lizard is an evocative collection of debut fiction set in Portland, from nonfiction writer and poet Theresa Griffin Kennedy. These "domestic noir" stories are about women who are tossed away, devalued, and fighting to survive. The tone is gritty and dark, but honest. flag.
-- from "The Librarian's Daughter; Young Leatrice Never Grew Up," the first story in Burnside Field Lizard and Selected Stories, debut fiction from poet and nonfiction writer Theresa Griffin Kennedy. Find my Rose City Reader QA author interview with Theresa here. Her first book of fiction "Burnside Field Lizard and Selected Stories" was selected as a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book award. She painstakingly crafts character profiles of historical figures from Portland, Oregon. Burnside Field Lizard and Selected Stories By Theresa Griffin Kennedy ’10, MS ’13, Oregon Greystone Press, Sleeping in My Jeans By Connie King Leonard, PSU Ooligan Press, A Kiss in Kyoto: A Story of Love in Japan By Kumiko Olson ’99, MA ’02, The Publishing Circle, Understanding Addiction: Behind the Scenes.
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