Kerry Donoghue

Growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles during the ‘80s and ‘90s meant I spent my childhood roaming through malls. Speedwalking laps with my grandma. Trick-or-treating. Secretly kissing boys. Getting clocked while working the holiday rush. Watching where people shopped, how they dressed, and what they ate set off my fascination with consumption, a forever theme in my writing. My poetry and stories have appeared in Ninth Letter, Painted Bride Quarterly, Permafrost, The Louisville Review, and The South Carolina Review, among other journals. I also wrote The Loudest Voice of All, a children’s book, to fundraise for an organization that educates girls about the power of voting. I earned an MFA in Writing from the University of San Francisco. You can find me in the Bay Area, eating crunchwraps by the sea, where I live with my family and, sadly, no good malls. Get to know me at www.kerrydonoghue.com.