About Antonya Nelson: Antonya Nelson is an American author and teacher of creative writing who writes primarily short stories.
Birdy never felt artistic inclination when armed with a marking implement. What came to her were words, always words, commentary and criticism and correction and simple vocabulary curios; she scratched a few of them on the smooth red wall.
There are a thousand things to hear about, informationally, daily, but the thing that doesn't go away is the one to pay attention to.