Sister Dianna Ortiz
Sister Dianna Ortiz died on Friday at the age of 62. Sister Ortiz was a US-born Catholic nun teaching indigenous children in Guatemala’s western highlands when she was abducted, tortured, and gang-raped by a Guatemala security force in 1989. From her obituary in the NY Times: “[Sister Ortiz] went on to become a global champion […]
On Instagram
I’m not on Instagram (although I know I should be), and a friend forwarded me this review of my novel, Mother Mother. As a writer and as a person, it feels great to be “understood,” when someone else grasps our intention. Get Lit Book Club does. From the review: In “Mother Mother,” Jessica O’Dwyer explores […]