Gloria Harrison is a storyteller raising teenage twin boys and building administrative infrastructures for small businesses. She’s originally from the desert southwest and hopes to return to sunnier climes someday. She spends a lot of time with her beloved cat, Lump. You can read and hear more of her work on
The Nervous Breakdown,
This American Life,
The Weeklings,
Fictionaut,
Other People with Brad Listi podcast,
The Manifest Station, and
Sweatpants and Coffee. She’s also had the honor of telling her stories live at
Back Fence PDX, The Moth Story Slam, and
YARN. In January, 2017, a
short film adaptation of her story that appeared on
This American Life, “Let’s See How Fast this Baby Will Go,” was released by Australian director Julietta Boscolo. It is currently playing at film festivals around the world. If you’d like to read one woman’s existential mediations on life, love, pain, and children, you can follow Gloria’s blog,
Excerpts from Ally Sheedy’s Purse. Gloria also has a
Twitter page.
