Catherine Ricketts is an essayist and songwriter. Her nonfiction on the arts, grief, joy, and spirituality appears on the Ploughshares blog and in Image, The Millions, Paste, and NPR-affiliate The Key. She’s currently at work on a book about motherhood and artistic practice. Find her on Instagram at @bycatherinericketts, or online at www.catherinedanaricketts.com.
Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.
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