Jennie MacDonald

Writer and Photographer

I’m so pleased for my poem “Making Matches” to feature in One Night Stand Theater’s new audio production, “Bad Bedtime Stories,” read by the talented Guy Williams.One Night Stand Theater presents the audio, online theater production “Bad Bedtime Stories” beginning April 20 at http://www.onenightstandtheater.org. This production features short stories and plays showcasing the lighter and …

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I’m happy to share the news that my illustrated essay tracing the history of Aladdin, “‘Who Will Change New Lamps for Old Ones?’: Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in British and American Children’s Entertainment,” has just been published in All Things Arabia, a beautiful book and open-access collection published by Brill. #aladdin #arabia #published #history …

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I’m delighted to announce publication of my one-act dark comedy, A Merry Widow or Two, by Scripts for Stage, a London-based publisher of plays and monologues. A Merry Widow or Two was inspired by the elaborate mourning customs of Victorian England, which I loved researching. It won the 2019 Colorado Authors League Award of Excellence …

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I’m pleased to share a review of Schabraco and other Gothic tales from The Lady’s Monthly Museum, 1798-1828, published in Hypnos Edizioni by Laura Sestri. The original review is in Italian, which David Fenerty kindly translated for me. The book’s curator is Jennie MacDonald, an American literary studies researcher who has carried out the important work …

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TCHP = The Comical Hotch Potch I’m so proud to share the news that my essay, “‘The Comical Hotch Potch, or the Alphabet Turn’d Posture Master’: A Fluid Text Reading of Carington Bowles’ 1782 Satirical Print” appears in the fantastic new Spring 2020 issue of Palaver, an open-access literary journal published by UNC Wilmington’s GLS …

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