Kim Chinquee is the author of eight books, most recently her novel Pipette. She's received three Pushcart Prizes, a Henfield Prize, is chief editor of ELJ (Elm Leaves Journal), Senior Editor of New World Writing Quarterly, and co-director of SUNY-Buffalo State University's writing major. She's a triathlete and lives with her three dogs in Tonawanda, NY. For more about Kim, visit her website at www.kimchinquee.com.
On the train ride home, I fall asleep and dream of eagles taking over the farm where I grew up, letting the cows loose and they roam. My family evacuates our home, and then we’re riding past a brushfire in a convertible bus until there is a roadblock. Peach trees talk to me, saying, Find your way. Bristlecone trees wave,… Read more →
It wasn’t your fault the door wouldn’t lock. It wasn’t your fault you loved your dogs so much you hugged them where they lived in the barn, then you got spanked because of bringing in the dog hair. It wasn’t your fault you turned purple–bruised–because your dad got mad, because you didn’t un-peel an orange right. It wasn’t your fault… Read more →