Emily Shelton Poole

Emily Shelton Poole {[email protected]} writes, makes music, runs a business, enjoys the mountains, and raises four kids with her husband Craig in western North Carolina. She is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where she majored in musi

Asking the Questions | Julie J. Nichols, Pigs When They Straddle the Air: A Novel in Seven Stories

Articles/Essays – Volume 50, No. 1

In her full-length debut, Pigs When They Straddle the Air: A Novel in Seven Stories, Julie J. Nichols presents the interconnected lives of various women living in Salt Lake City over a span of thirty years, mostly during the 1970s and 1980s. Each of the seven stories focuses on a different main character until their lives become so entangled that the narratives converge in tragedy, heartache, and eventual healing. Some of these stories appeared previously in other publications, including Dialogue.