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Based in Houston, Texas, Kimberly Meyer is an independent writer and the author of Accidental Sisters: Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream and The Book of Wanderings: A Mother-Daughter Pilgrimage.

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The Work Is All of Us
Feb 10

Feb 10 The Work Is All of Us

Kimberly Meyer

Undocumented and disabled, the members of the Living Hope Wheelchair Association offer a vision for a more caring future.

Rupture
Jun 1

Jun 1 Rupture

Kimberly Meyer

Los Angeles Review, June 2017
Winner of the Los Angeles Review Creative Nonfiction Award

A History of Restlessness
Apr 1

Apr 1 A History of Restlessness

Kimberly Meyer

Houston Chronicle, April 2015

From the Waters Have We Learned
Sep 28

Sep 28 From the Waters Have We Learned

Kimberly Meyer

Triquarterly, Summer/Fall 2013

What the Desert Said
Oct 28

Oct 28 What the Desert Said

Kimberly Meyer

Ploughshares, Fall 2012

Demeter and Persephone in the Heartland
Oct 28

Oct 28 Demeter and Persephone in the Heartland

Kimberly Meyer

Kenyon Review, Fall 2012

Holy City of the Wichitas
Apr 1

Apr 1 Holy City of the Wichitas

Kimberly Meyer

Ecotone, Spring 2011
Selected by William T. Vollmann for Best American Travel Writing 2012

Little Log Houses for You and Me
Sep 1

Sep 1 Little Log Houses for You and Me

Kimberly Meyer

Brain, Child, September 2009
Anthologized in Inspired Journeys, Travel Writers in Search of the Muse (University of Wisconsin)

The Fountain of Youth is Within Us
Jan 1

Jan 1 The Fountain of Youth is Within Us

Kimberly Meyer

Oxford American, Best of the South 2009

Learning to Read the Signs
Dec 1

Dec 1 Learning to Read the Signs

Kimberly Meyer

AGNI, December 2008

Nietzsche and Me
Jan 1

Jan 1 Nietzsche and Me

Kimberly Meyer

The Southern Review, Winter 2006

The Nuptial Flight of the Ants
Apr 28

Apr 28 The Nuptial Flight of the Ants

Kimberly Meyer

Fourth Genre, Spring 2005
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize

Where Feeling Dwells: On Reading Marianne Moore
Aug 28

Aug 28 Where Feeling Dwells: On Reading Marianne Moore

Kimberly Meyer

The Georgia Review, Summer 2003

Scrapbook, the Verb
Jul 25

Jul 25 Scrapbook, the Verb

Kimberly Meyer

Public Radio International’s This American Life, Episode 243, 25 July 2003

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For questions about rights and permissions contact my agent Wendy Sherman.

For information on my work with Shamba Ya Amani / The Farm of Peace, please go here.