Susan Hanson

“What might my life be
like were I to give in
to the rhythms of my own
ragged dance?”

Susan Hanson

Journalist & instructor at
Texas State, her new course
“Writing for Change”

Week 19: Valerie Monroe

“Among a certain population
-- one that includes me, as it happens --

the notion of applying an elixir that instantly

smoothes away lines can precipitate the kind of thrill once reserved for a long-awaited pregnancy (or job offer).”

--Valerie Monroe
Writer, Editor and
currently beauty director at
O Magazine

Photo: John Skow