Nancy Burke
Nancy Burke studied writing at the Rutgers' Newark MFA Creative Writing Program and teaches writing at Montclair State University and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Her earlier work includes: From the Abuelas' Window (2005), If I Could Paint the Moon Black (2014) and Only the Women are Burning (2020). Her short fiction has appeared in Pilgrim: A Journal of Catholic Experience and Meat for Tea: The Valley Review. Her story, At the Pool, (included in this collection) was a Finalist in the J...See more
Nancy Burke studied writing at the Rutgers' Newark MFA Creative Writing Program and teaches writing at Montclair State University and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Her earlier work includes: From the Abuelas' Window (2005), If I Could Paint the Moon Black (2014) and Only the Women are Burning (2020). Her short fiction has appeared in Pilgrim: A Journal of Catholic Experience and Meat for Tea: The Valley Review. Her story, At the Pool, (included in this collection) was a Finalist in the J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction at Dappled Things Magazine. She lives in Little Falls, NJ. See less