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Monic Ductan

About

Monic Ductan’s writing has appeared in Southeast Review, Shenandoah, Appalachian Heritage, South Carolina Review, and other journals. Her essay “Fantasy Worlds” was listed as notable in The Best American Essays 2019. She lives in Cookeville, Tennessee, where she teaches literature and creative writing at Tennessee Tech University. Ductan is at work on her first novel, a book about love and police corruption in a small Southern town. Her website is monicductan.com.

Articles

Issue 121, Summer 2023

The Sense of Touch

I rolled over on my tummy and pushed my face into a pillow. I would have given anything to touch someone just then.

By Monic Ductan

HEALING, SLOWLY, IN COOKEVILLE

When tornado relief efforts intersect with a global pandemic In my family, the women of generations past—and sometimes present—often found themselves without choices or options, hemmed into lives...

By Monic Ductan