Jessica Keener

Click here to read a sampling of my responses to Agni fiction submissions.

Shoreline, a short story published in Northeast Corridor
Laura moves out of her house and into a summer cottage to reconsider the viability of her marriage.

Others Less Fortunate, a novel
16-year-old Sarah, a gifted singer from an upper middle class Jewish family, comes of age following the tragic loss of her mother. Set in suburban Boston in the late sixties, illusions of stability collapse when Sarah's mother, a country club socialite and pill popper, dies in a fatal car crash on a winter day.

Body Chemistry, a novel
College grad, Elizabeth Gold, learns she has contracted a fatal illness called Aplastic Anemia. The difficult news sends her on a search for a cure, but she quickly learns the options are high risk. In the process she faces ambiguities in family relationships, a failing romance, and an influx of caretakers, including an eccentric faith healer and an entrepreneurial apartment mate. A novel about the healing power of love.

The Quiet Revolution, published in CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, annual report '02
A personal story about aplastic anemia.

The Afterlife of Louis Brown, A Boston Globe Magazine cover story. June 2002
How the murder of a Boston teenager became a force for change.