Kelly McMasters
Kelly McMasters is the author of The Leaving Season: A Memoir in Essays and Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town. She teaches creative writing at Hofstra University.
Roots and Rhizomes
I know now that you aren’t born a parent. But you are born with inherited traits and proclivities that you end up either nurturing or starving out. Life, in my experience, requires a lot of deadheading. I’m glad my father taught me how to do it at such a young age.
July 2025Roots and Rhizomes
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