A short piece of nonfiction I wrote at the AWP conference this year is now published online in the Coachella Review. It's a contest winner! -- Julia
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Hello, visitors from Writers' Houses! Thanks for coming to my website. You'll notice it's not too crazy. Have a look around, and if you'd like to contact me, feel free to email me at julia.pistell@gmail.com (or, if it's a Twain thing, julia.pistell@marktwainhouse.org).
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Good News Machine
I recently found out that I won the Coachella Review Flash Fiction Prize for a very short essay I wrote about finding a friend's birth mother. It's not up yet, but I will let you know when it is!
My Old New Jersey Home
Yesterday my parents came for a visit from New Jersey. We headed over to a classy Derby party, picked a horse that sounds like a discount grocery store, and went home with some cash. The last time I bet on a horse, I was in the Off Track Betting facility out in the wastelands by Bradley airport. The horse was named Spanky Fishbein and I made a few dollars that day too. Sometimes the various ways we can experience the same thing truly amazes me. Then, this morning, I found that the Star Ledger published a short review/essay about Twain I wrote for the museum. Thanks, New Jersey!