I’ve been revisiting the hilarious world of Beverly Clearly recently, with my five-year-old son. Cleary spent her early childhood just a few miles up the road in Yamhill, Oregon, and the creek that runs behind my house is named for Cleary’s grandparents. My short essay on Cleary’s style as a writer appeared in THE OREGONIAN newspaper’s Sunday Living section recently. Read the article here.
Anna Keesey is a graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Her work has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies, including Best American Short Stories. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship and has held residencies at MacDowell, Bread Loaf, Yaddo, and Provincetown. Keesey teaches English and creative writing at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon.
