Her name was Maria and she was beautiful. A woman knows. That primal sense of competition kicks in and you recognize that even if you had just stepped out of the beauty salon with flawless hair and makeup, wearing a designer dress, men would turn their heads and look, not at you, but at Maria. (More …)
Angie Chatman
Angie M. Chatman writes fiction and creative nonfiction. Her essays have appeared in Hippocampus Magazine, fwriction : review, and elsewhere. Born and raised in Chicago, Angie now lives in Avon, Connecticut, and teaches at the University of Hartford. She is a member of the inaugural class of fellows of the Kimbilio Center for African American fiction, and the book reviews editor for Fifth Wednesday Journal. Her MFA is from Queens University in Charlotte and she holds an MBA from the Sloan School at MIT.