Joelle Fraser is a MacDowell Fellow and the author of two memoirs: The Territory of Men (Random House 2002), and The Forest House: a Journey into the Landscape of Love, Loss and Starting Over (Counterpoint 2013). Her award-winning work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals including Atticus Review, Crazyhorse, Pangyrus, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Fourth Genre, and was recognized in Best American Essays 2010.