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MP has two pieces forthcoming in print publications: the story "Pelagia: Holy Fool," in the journal IMAGE, Art, Faith, Mystery (December 2008) and the essay "A Solemn Pleasure" in Conjunctions, "The Death Issue," guest-edited by David Shields (Fall 2008).
MP's short fiction piece "Croquet" was published July 1, 2008 in Web Conjunctions, the online publication of Conjunctions, Bard College, Bradford Morrow, editor.
Elected a Hawthornden Fellow, MP spent a month's residency at Hawthornden Castle, Midlothian, Scotland, from May 21-June 20, 2008. Past fellows have included Zadie Smith, Ian Rankin, Helen Simpson, Maud Casey, Allison Hedge Coke, and Janet McAdams.
MP appeared as an invited guest in July/August 2008 online literary magazine Fanzine's "Talk Show" # 15 with Jaime Clarke, host. MP "visited" along with Kevin Brockmeier, Sloane Crosley, Sophie Gee, and Samantha Hunt.
MP has been selected to speak on "Children Writing from the Margins" at the Writing and Wellness Connections Conference, October 10-11, 2008 at Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia.
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