Carmiel Banasky is a writer and teacher from Portland, Oregon. Her work has appeared in such publications as Glimmer Train, American Short Fiction, Slice, and Guernica. Banasky earned her MFA from Hunter College, where she taught undergraduate creative writing. She is the recipient of awards and fellowships from Bread Loaf, Ucross, Ragdale, Artist Trust, and other foundations.
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Greenwich Village, 1959. Claire Bishop sits for a portrait—a gift from her husband—only to discover that what the artist has actually depicted is Claire’s suicide. Haunted by the painting, Claire is forced to redefine herself within a failing marria... SEE MORE