Essays and Book Reviews and Short Fiction

CREATIVE NONFICTION AND ESSAYS

• “Sex Trade: The Regional Version” (my title, changed to something more salacious by the headline editors!)
• Excerpt from On the Outskirts of Normal
• “Beauty Lessons: What I Wish My Daughter Knew”
• “Just Talk” by Debra Monroe
• Book Excerpt in the Dallas Morning News

BOOK REVIEWS AND ESSAYS ABOUT BOOKS

• “Michael Ondaatje’s Ambitious Return,” a book review by Debra Monroe
• “Bird Cloud: Annie Proulx’s Real Estate Porn,” a book review by Debra Monroe
• “Long Last Happy,” reviewed by Debra Monroe
• “Alexandra Styron’s Reading my Father, Reviewed by Debra Monroe”
• “God and Satan Roam the Pages of this Memoir,” by Debra Monroe
• Review: Paul Auster’s characters Rooted in the Past, by Debra Monroe
• Review: Rodney Crowell’s Chinaberry Sidewalks, by Debra Monroe
• “Jayne Anne Phillips Rocks: A Reader’s Retrospective” by Debra Monroe

 FICTION

• “Shambles,” fiction by Debra Monroe
• “Plumb and Solid,” fiction by Debra Monroe