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Krista Eastman

Krista Eastman’s essays have appeared most recently in Georgia Review, Bellingham Review, and Denver Quarterly. Her work also earned a Notable Essay citation from Best American Essays. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.


Fall 2015

Animals

By Krista Eastman

In the very beginning, I spent time hoping that the baby would be human and not squirrel or—as I legitimately feared—possum. Why wouldn’t or couldn’t my uterus, an organ lined […]