Interviews
10 Questions for Catherine LaFleur
- By Franchesca Viaud
Passing through the yard
Choked with thirsty grass,
You might see the newest
Adults huddled in tight circles.
Never alone.
The beast mother is
All they know.
—from "Mother of Beasts," Volume 64, Issue 4 (Winter 2023)
Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
Good Advice About Bears came as a result of a guided meditation memory exercise. My mentors, Kathie Klarreich (Exchange for Change), Dr Wendy Hinshaw, and Leslie Neal (ArtSpring), encouraged me to explore fleshing this out into a written story. Although I am an avid reader, never did I think to tell my own stories. Good Advice is the humorous account of a camping trip gone wrong and tells you why it's...