Elise Blackwell
For most of my life, my writing space was hypenated: Elise’s study-dining room, Elise’s study-bedroom, Elise’s study-someone else’s study. Now I’m lucky enough to have a room of my own, cut out of what was once an attic, with a place to read as well as a place to write. (So never mind the old, dirty carpet.) I prefer to work in solitude, with the exception of my dog, Vi, who often sleeps behind my writing chair. I keep the room as uncluttered as possible given the number of books and papers I work with. The sad thing about this room is the missing tree in the window. Until a few weeks ago, when the city cut it down to access a neighbor’s broken water line, a huge old magnolia filled much of my view. I can still see a dogwood and other trees. The black-and-white photo over my desk was taken in southern Louisiana, not far from where I grew up. All the other art in the room (most unseen here) was made by friends.
Elise Blackwell is the author of four novels: Hunger, The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish,Grub, and An Unfinished Score. She is currently writing a novel set in New Orleans, tentatively titled The Lower Quarter.
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