Abbie Reese is author of Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns (Oxford University Press, 2013) and director of the 2017 documentary film, Chosen (Custody of the Eyes). A dual citizen of the United States and Luxembourg, she is writing a book about reclaiming her great-great-great grandfather’s Luxembourgish nationality She has an MFA in visual arts from the University of Chicago and is currently a creative nonfiction candidate in the MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts program at the University of California, Riverside. You can visit her at her website.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
In the Playhouse (Collection)
Details of my paternal grandfather’s death unspooled sparingly. I overheard bits of conversations. My parents’ glances were too obvious. I ...
Who Does the United States Belong to?: A Conversation with Laila Lalami
The Pulitzer Prize–nominated novelist on the Trump-inspired invasion of the US Capitol....
Ghosts in the Borderlands: A Conversation with Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Abbie Reese talks with writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest about the politics of US borders for Mexican immigrants and Native Americans....
Writing Is a Ritual: A Conversation with Karen Tei Yamashita
Karen Tei Yamashita discusses her new collection, “Sansei and Sensibility,” and the strange appeal of Jane Austen....
