Thank you to the editors of The New Quarterly for inviting me to write this piece: https://tnq.ca/rachel-roses-writing-space/

Thank you to the editors of these journals for their support of my recent fiction. The Antioch Review published my story, "Buccal Swab," while AQR published "Porco Dio" : ​http://review.antiochcollege.org/winter-2019

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It's been a week of writing, editing, singing, swimming and exploring. I'm grateful for the time and the light.

I crossed the Baltic Sea by boat and spent a day wandering the magical city streets of Tallinn, Estonia.

Apparently this writing obsession runs in the family. From great books to great bowls, this is a site worthy of investigation: ​https://www.jamesprierwriting.com/
 

So many memories of Toulouse--Toulouse, where I left a piece of my heart! Tant de souvenirs de Toulouse --Toulouse, où j'ai laissé un morceau de mon coeur.

I received an unexpected invitation to attend LAHTI INTERNATIONAL WRITERS' REUNION in Finland this June. What a great unexpected gift! I've always wanted to visit Finland, and am so looking forward to the other writers I'll meet there: https://www.liwre.fi/en/home/

​Les cheveux pleins de confettis et les coeurs pleins de joie--Toulouse nous vous aimons! Hair full of confetti and hearts full of joy--Toulouse we love you! What a beautiful night of Carnival fun in Toulouse. I think I've never loved this city more.

o​www.win-toulouse.org/?utm_campaign=67436ae7-63ce-45d8-a5a2-8f49619653c9&utm_source=sooking forward to my first event in Toulouse, tonight at the