An Adjective You Don't Want to Hear
Transvaginal.
As in "transvaginal ultrasound."
Knowing what it is does not ease my stomach. Or anywhere else.
About Me
- Dedra Johnson
- New Orleans
- I write and live in post-levee-breach New Orleans. I also teach creative writing (fiction, playwriting, screenwriting). I've been on the radio twice.
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Propulations!
- William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, 2006: Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, New Orleans, Louisiana: Second Runner-up/Finalist, Novel: Cracks (published as Sandrine’s Letter to Tomorrow)
- Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award, 1995: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia: Honorable Mention/Third Place: “Eggshell” (short story)
- Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival, 1988: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois: First Place: “Eden, Mississippi”: Production: Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theatre, Theatre and Interpretation Center
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