Jennie MacDonald

Writer and Photographer

A young pigeon pecking the ground near the feet of a small boy heard it first.
“But he has nothing on at all!” the boy exclaimed.
The pigeon looked up at the approaching procession, saw the emperor, and saw what the boy had said was true.

When ambitious radio playwright Ann Bennett receives the latest in a series of anonymous warnings, she begins to suspect that recent murders may have been inspired by her scripts.

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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