Siobhan Dowd wrote our "Silenced Writer" articles beginning with issue 3 in early 1992 and never missed even one all the way through issue 63. When we conducted an interview with her in 1991, she was just 31 years old. She was wise, kind, and determined, and over time only became more so. Although she told us when she got breast cancer, she gave no hint that she was concerned for her life; even just a few months ago when she passed the writing of the article over to her dear friend Sara Whyatt, saying she had to focus on her fiction. She will be so missed, as a person, a writer, an advocate of fairness and free speech around the world. Her own site: http://www.siobhandowd.co.uk/siobhan/ Obituaries: Excerpts from Glimmer Train's 1991 interview with Siobhan. |
Every story we publish is unsolicited, and 86% of the stories we accepted last year came to us directly from the writer. One of the most respected short-story journals in print, Glimmer Train Stories is represented in recent editions of the Pushcart Prize, New Stories from the Midwest, O.Henry, New Stories from the South, Best of the West, and Best American Short Stories anthologies. Glimmer Train Press, 4763 SW Maplewood, PO Box 80430, Portland, OR 97280-1430 USA |