Contributor
Chavawn Kelley
With this essay, Chavawn Kelley completes a trilogy set in Wyoming's Wind River country. The first of the three, Why I Love the Dump, appeared in Northern Lights and was honored as a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays, 1997. The second, There Is No Such Thing As a Perfect Vacuum, was awarded the Wyoming Arts Council's Frank Nelson Doubleday Award. Kelley is also the recipient of the 2001 Wyoming Arts Council's fellowship for nonfiction. She lives in Laramie, Wyoming, and works as a corporate communications manager.
Recent Writing
Why I Love The Dump: Further reading
In our town, we haul our own garbage to the dump. At home, my husband and I put our garbage in paper bags. When one is full, we close it and staple it shut.Issue 19
Red, White and Silver
Three Indian girls sit in the corner of the classroom. Their silver lips burn against their brown skin like the white-hot tips of soldering guns. A boy who dropped out of this school last year has been murdered.Issue 19
