Mylene Dressler | Author

Mylene Dressler
Novelist, Essayist, Speaker

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An Evening With Mylène Dressler

Feb.15.2013

Join Mylène as she reads from her new novella, "The Wedding of Anna F.," at the storied Carson McCullers Center in Columbus, Georgia. "The Wedding of Anna F." tells the strange tale of an elderly Jewish woman who confides to a young Arabic graduate student that she believes she is Anne Frank, and that together they must make her secret known to the world. Copies of the novella will be for sale at the reading, or may be purchased online in a limited e-edition. A question and answer period will follow the reading.

To purchase your e-copy of this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Wedding-Anna-F-ebook/dp/B00BEBBYDG/ref=sr_1_1?s=bo...

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PUBLISHED: May.16.2008

The Floodmakers

THE FLOODMAKERS is the astute rendering of one Southern family’s struggle to survive the stormy heat of a summer tempest and its own powerful emotional undertows. Mylène Dressler’s work has been hailed by the New York Times as “splendid” and by the Christian Science Monitor as “haunting, demanding . . . perfect.” Now the critically acclaimed author of The Deadwood Beetle and The...

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PUBLISHED: May.16.2008

The Deadwood Beetle

Named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2001 by the Christian Science Monitor, THE DEADWOOD BEETLE is an emotionally charged story of love and redemption that carries readers from the dark days of World War II to modern-day New York City and traces the wrenching life of Dr. Tristan Martens, an entomologist who is forced to emerge from the cocoon of his specialized research to confront the...

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PUBLISHED: May.16.1997

The Medusa Tree

“A haunting story about the legacies of love and war, about three women living with hope and loss and each other. A splendid debut.”Robert Olen Butler

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PUBLISHED: Jun.15.2010

The Deadwood Beetle--Kindle Edition

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PUBLISHED: May.05.2010

The Floodmakers--Kindle Edition

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PUBLISHED: Mar.01.2009

Stricken: The 5,000 Stages of Grief

Stricken: The 5,000 Stages of Grief is a collection of essays written as much for its contributors as for its readers, since each essay is born of personal experience. Stricken reflects the truth that grief stems from many sources, comes in many forms, and affects each of us in very different ways. These essays are intended to console, comfort, inspire and empower, and to serve...

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Mylene's Latest Blogs

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Apr.12.2013 - 7:12 am

"What Are You Afraid Of?"

Pick up the May 2013 issue of Reader's Digest to read my essay about how I left the ground . . . available at your magazine or checkout stand now!

Feb.22.2013 - 8:34 am

Writer's House

In 2007, I came to live, for a humid fall season, in the home where I am writing this now. In this home a woman, now long dead, hunched over a typewriter--at least, I always...

Nov.03.2012 - 12:29 pm

Wedded to My Seat: Keeping Faith with Anna

My new novella, The Wedding of Anna F., has been published this week in Big Fiction. Here is how the story, about a woman who believes she is Anne Frank, begins: The interviewer...

Sep.08.2012 - 8:18 am

Lost Our Lease

It's been a while since I posted on American Stories NOW. I could tell you I have been busy. I have been. I can tell you I am sometimes overwhelmed by stories, that I don't...

Comments from Mylene

Jun.19.2012 - 6:15 am

In response to: Off the Beat: On Playing With Your Writing

Hi Rebbecca!

Hi Rebbecca! Thank you for the wonderful comment. It's good to connect with you again. Hope all is going well...

Jun.17.2012 - 5:17 am

In response to: Off the Beat: On Playing With Your Writing

Ah, Sharon . . .

Ah, Sharon . . . If only I knew? Tell me more. Very curious.

Jun.12.2012 - 9:42 am

In response to: Letter to an Emerging Writer: How to Stay Motivated

Ryder . . .

. . . thanks for sharing!

May.20.2012 - 12:40 pm

In response to: Letter to an Emerging Writer: How to Stay Motivated

You're welcome

You're welcome, Kathren (I love the way your name is spelled). FYI, recently I asked myself, What do I need to write (...

May.20.2012 - 12:37 pm

In response to: Letter to an Emerging Writer: How to Stay Motivated

Amen to cookies!

Because rewards are important motivating factors, too! And I couldn't agree more about long walks. Invaluable.

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Short Story: The Occupation

Article: Choreographing the Narrative: Three Questions for Mylène Dressler

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Image Gallery: Reader's Digest May 2013

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Video: Reading: "The Floodmakers" and "Why I Write"

About Mylene

Mylène Dressler is a writer and a "superb" speaker whose work has been hailed by the New York Times as "splendid' and by the Christian Science Monitor as "haunting," "demanding" and "perfect." Mylène was born in...

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