Elizabeth Wade currently lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she teaches literature and writing courses at the University of Mary Washington. Her work has recently appeared in or is forthcoming from such journals as Kenyon Review Online, AGNI, Oxford American, Booth, DIAGRAM, Pank, Cave Wall, and others.
There is a corkboard here. On it, there is a paper doll of L., a friend from my grad school days. The doll features a pixie haircut, a polka-dot blouse,…