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Vanessa Blakeslee

Vanessa Blakeslee

Our Permian Paradox

I had read about the Permian Basin but never thought I’d have the chance to go there. Fate, however, works in unexpected ways. Last May, my…

9 min readJul 2, 2021

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Our Permian Paradox

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Vanessa Blakeslee

Winterland, a novel excerpt

The wind swirled figure eights atop the yard’s lone tree when David pulled into the driveway, and the thick rain pummeled the pavement in…

25 min readJun 1, 2021

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Winterland, a novel excerpt

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Vanessa Blakeslee

Seeking Refuge

My Year Visiting Big Cat Sanctuaries

11 min readNov 30, 2020

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Seeking Refuge

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Vanessa Blakeslee

How to Successfully Promote Your Book on Radio and Podcasts

My hand trembled as I signed in at the front door inside the entrance. Muffled music played from down the hall; I followed, checked my…

6 min readApr 28, 2020

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How to Successfully Promote Your Book on Radio and Podcasts

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Vanessa Blakeslee

Get into the Groove: The Importance of Finding Your Rhythm

Rhythm, Part One:

10 min readApr 5, 2020

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Get into the Groove: The Importance of Finding Your Rhythm

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Vanessa Blakeslee

The Circle, or, How We Teach Art Through One Another

Not long ago I had the good fortune to be a member of Lan Samantha Chang’s fiction workshop at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. We met…

7 min readApr 2, 2020

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The Circle, or, How We Teach Art Through One Another

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Vanessa Blakeslee

“To My Unborn Child” — When Poetry Stares into the Abyss

The tumultuous, rapidly descending, and wrenchingly emotional early months of 2020 have prompted me to meander back through my computer…

8 min readMar 28, 2020

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“To My Unborn Child” — When Poetry Stares into the Abyss

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Vanessa Blakeslee

Spiritual Waters, or Navigating Our Own Blockades of the Creative Life

July in Orlando. The air, dense with moisture, erupts into a downpour nearly every afternoon. Puddles swell, parking lots flood. The water…

8 min readMar 26, 2020

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Spiritual Waters, or Navigating Our Own Blockades of the Creative Life

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Vanessa Blakeslee

When Two Art Forms Collide, What Happens?

A selection of poems inspired by dance

7 min readMar 23, 2020

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When Two Art Forms Collide, What Happens?

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Vanessa Blakeslee

How to Research a Novel: Juventud

Our Research Notes series invites authors to describe their process for a recent book, with “research” defined as broadly as they like…

6 min readMar 22, 2020

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How to Research a Novel: Juventud

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Vanessa Blakeslee

Vanessa Blakeslee

American fiction writer, essayist, literary critic. Award-winning author of Perfect Conditions: stories (2018), Foreword Reviews Editors’ Choice (Gold).

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