I’m mostly just trying to figure out how to do “human being.”

The tools I use are writing, reading, relationships…. And like the rest of us, my best tool is my own story and its unique collection of perspectives (writer, teacher, professor, autistic, sexual abuse survivor, truth-teller, parent, aspiring artist).

What’s YOUR story?

The latest:

What it felt like to face the man who sexually abused me in court
It felt strong. It felt brave. It felt powerful. It also felt sad. Unexpectedly, desolately sad. I've always said "When I have an emotion, I'm usually last to know." That's not …
Convicted. At last. For now.
Yesterday I and a few other people abused by my childhood coach saw him sentenced to prison in Texas. Ricardo Delgado's story in the San Antonio Express-News here. Zachary Taylor Wright's …
Writing hangover
I have a writing hangover. It’s that feeling I get when there’s been something I wanted to write, or needed to write, and haven’t been able to, and then I finally …
Suppose it’s a Saturday
It’s April Fools Day, and I can’t take a joke. Like, at all. Every time I’ve been fooled or pranked or tricked, the way I feel is not amused, but ashamed. …
Prof. Whitney Goes to Austin
What a day of wonder. I’m in Austin, TX, Texas being my homeland and site of a whole lot of memories of all colors and temperatures. Today I tagged along with …

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