At eight or nine, I did laps around the kerosene heater, a girl running a one-woman race on brown shag carpet. Screaming, while Mother sat in her chair calm, I was lonely, wanted to be noticed. My chest tightened as I ran more and more laps, my body leaning hard in […]
Jamey Temple
Jamey Temple is a writer and professor who teaches English at University of the Cumberlands in Eastern Kentucky. Her poetry and prose have been included in several publications such as River Teeth, Rattle, Appalachian Review, Literary Mama, Kentucky Monthly, and Still: The Journal. You can read more of her published work through her website (jameytemple.com).