Presenter(s): Kaity Olsen
Faculty Mentor(s): Angela Bogart-Montieth
Oral Session 3 DL
Dishes is a short story that follows Anna as she navigates difficulties in her marriage and in her rocky relationship with her sister. Following a series of escalating fights, Anna goes to stay with her sister, where she is finally forced to confront the trouble between her and her sister and the infidelity she has ignored for years. When I first started writing Dishes, I was focusing primarily on the relationship between Paul and Anna, two people who had married at a young age and, through the years, struggled to maintain that love. As the piece grew, and in much of my work this year, I became more interested in exploring the complicated dynamics of women in families- between sisters and their mothers.