The Language of Flowers
Winner of the 2023 Annie Dillard Award for Nonfiction I fell fast, to my knees, both hands buried deep in the mud of a newly turned field saturated by the Seattle January rain. I bent…
Bellingham Review Contributor
Alexandra Dane
Alexandra Dane writes memoir and essay by the sea in Seattle and Boston. Her memoir-in-progress explores coming of age twice at the mercy of cancer; first as caregiver, then as patient. “The Language of Flowers” is a piece of her story. Her essays been published in River Teeth, The American Writers Review 2020, San Fedele Press and elsewhere. Read her thoughts at www.alexandradanewrites.com. Alexandra Dane knits to think.