Maya Sloan has two writing MFAs and five books published by Simon & Schuster including her debut novel High Before Homeroom. She received the Inaugural Saul Bellow Prize, Walton Foundation Fellowship in Creative Writing, Writer-in-Residence at Kerouac House, Elizabeth Kostova Foundation Fellowship in Bulgaria and St. Boltoph Emerging Artist Grant. View all posts by Maya Sloan →
The Burlesque starlet must seduce this new sophisticated film-savvy audience. 1,845 words. Part One. Illustrations by Thomas Warming. Hollywood – 1937 One hour till open. I stretch out my arms, brace myself on the wall and find my center of gravity. Then I wiggle a little and take a deep breath, sucking in the tummy. I […]
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A Burlesque starlet finds herself at the center of a Hollywood seduction. 2,678 words. Part Two. Illustration by Thomas Warming. New York City – 1937 I’d never met Millsap myself, or believed anyone who claimed they had. Marvin Millsap – Boy Wonder, Burly Q Impresario, The Titan Of West Coast Tease – was as elusive as his […]
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