2025 Session V

Miranda LaValley

My work is a collection of personal experiences—both real and imagined—as well as tributes to the places, people, and stories that shaped who...

This project examines the reconfiguration of myth, legend, and folklore to subvert cultural expectations of gendered performance in Carmen Maria Machado’s “The Husband Stitch.” Spivak’s...

This oral history project offers analysis into the work and embodiment of women in the southern Appalachian region. Using a regional-focus, the project centers on...

As a writer and a feminine-presenting person, I have always been drawn to horror fiction as a way to explore personal experiences and the cultural...