Marjorie Kemper
Marjorie Kemper is the author of the novel Until That Good Day (Thomas Dunne Books). Her writing is inspired by the landscapes she traveled with her geographer father: small towns, fishing camps, rural black and Cajun communities, and Texas oil and timber towns. She lives in Glendale, California.
At Prayer Level
“Perpetual care,” Mama emphasized. “No weeds growing over you or your loved ones when there’s nobody left to weed. (This was a comment on the fact that none of us had given her any grandchildren — no grave-weeders in her future, or “perpetuity,” as she was now calling it. Perpetuity was a concept Mama had latched onto like a snapping turtle.)
July 2010Rayleen And R.L. Bury Their Luck
My wife, Rayleen, got it into her head that our luck died with our dog, Buddy. “We buried it in a hole in the ground” is how she put it.
April 2009Has something we published moved you? Fired you up? Did we miss the mark? We’d love to hear about it.
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