While He Was Away by Karen Halvorsen Schreck

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Sure, any longdistance relationship is tough, but David was going to warto fight, to protect, to put his life in danger. The day David left, I felt like my heart was breaking. And join us by becoming a monthly or yearly Member.Įach of these subscription programs along with tax-deductible donations made to The Rumpus through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, helps keep u s going and brings us closer to sustainability. One yearhe'll be gone for one year and then we'll be together again and everything will be back to the way it should be. Subscribe to the Rumpus Book Clubs (poetry, prose, or both) and Letters in the Mail from authors. We believe that literature builds community-and if reading The Rumpus makes you feel more connected, please show your support! Get your Rumpus merch in our online store. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers readers already know and love. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. She works as a freelance writer and editor, teaches writing and literature, and lives with her husband, the photographer Greg Halvorsen Schreck, and their two children in Wheaton, Illinois.Founded in 2009, The Rumpus is one of the longest running independent online literary and culture magazines. Karen received her doctorate in English and Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Her short stories and articles have appeared in Hypertext, The Rumpus, Belt, and Image, as well as other literary journals and magazines, and have received various awards, including a Pushcart Prize, an Illinois State Arts Council Grant, and in 2008, first prize awards for memoir and devotional magazine writing from the Evangelical Press Association. She’s also the author of Dream Journal (Hyperion), which was a 2006 Young Adult BookSense Pick, and the award-winning children’s book Lucy’s Family Tree (Tilbury House). Karen's Young Adult novel, While He Was Away (Sourcebooks), was a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award. is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and shes gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street. Her short stories, interviews, and essays have appeared in various magazines and journals, including Oyster River Pages, Consequence, Hypertext, The Rumpus, Belt, American. Her previously published historical novel, Sing for Me, was described as 'impressive…a well-wrought and edifying page-turner” (Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review). Karen Halvorsen Schreck is the author of four novels, Broken Ground, Sing for Me, While He Was Away, and Dream Journal, along with a book for children, Lucy’s Family Tree. Karen Halvorsen Schreck is the author of the historical novel Broken Ground (Simon & Schuster 2016), called a “masterfully written.

While He Was Away by Karen Halvorsen Schreck