Ohio Arts Council

The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission was responsible for that initial idea.

Senator Stephanie Kunze, Donna Collins at the Ohio Arts Council were all very...

You know, they were pushing this idea tremendously and it all happened.

And I was selected back in 2022 to begin the concepts.

Today's guest was raised in Lakeland, Florida, and her short fiction has won the Porch Prize, judged by Kevin Wilson, and has appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Story, the Greensboro Review, Nashville Review, and elsewhere.

She has received support from the DeGroot Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and the Ohio Arts Council.

A Tin House alumna, she holds a BA in English literature from Davidson College and an MFA in creative writing from the Ohio State University.

Her debut novel, The House Built on Alligator Bones, is out now.

A State of Dance is produced by Ohio Dance and hosted by Rodney Veal, executive producer Jane D'Angelo, editor and audio technician Jessica Cavender, musical composition by Matthew Payton Dixon.

Ohio Dance would like to thank our funders, the Ohio Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio State University Dance Preservation Fund, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Columbus Foundation, and the Akron Community Fund.