New publications in 2020

My short script LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT has been published by Smith Scripts in the U.K.: https://www.smithscripts.co.uk/product/lifes-rich-pageant-by-martha-patterson/  In it, two women lunching at the Four Seasons discuss the COVID pandemic, the wisdom of using acronyms in emails, and trade memories of embarrassing moments.

My essay BEAUTY IS A FEMINIST ISSUE was published by the print arts & literature journal Havik (this issue titled "Homeward") in early July.  It's about how the pressure of always "looking good" affects women.

My short play THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE will be published on the platform of the International Human Rights Art Festival in the coming 12 months - it deals with an encounter between Americans and Arabs.  

New production of monologue AMBER - A RECOGNITION OF BIRDS

My monologue AMBER - A RECOGNITION OF BIRDS has been featured in the 2019-2020 Engage Art Contest, with the theme of Ephesians from the Bible.

Monologue THAT WEEKEND IN BELFAST to be produced in the United Kingdom, July 2020

My monologue about a young woman let down by a musician, titled THAT WEEKEND IN BELFAST, will be produced via a podcast called "How to Be Young Again" in the United Kingdom on July 4th, 2020.  Producer is Lita Doolan.

Variant Literature to publish essay MY SOUTHERN DAD

In July, in a print literary journal, Variant Literature will issue my 2,500-word essay MY SOUTHERN DAD.

New 10-minute play - AN UNROMANTIC ENCOUNTER

SYNOPSIS: On a rampart during the Battle of Britain, a sexy Dutch nurse and a reluctant English soldier "get it on."

Short story A LITTLE LIE to be published

Wingless Dreamer will publish my short story A LITTLE LIE in a fiction anthology on the topic of "Overcoming Fear" this year.

Three new publications: BEAUTY IS A FEMINIST ISSUE, QUEENIE, and RICHARD GERSTL

My essay BEAUTY IS A FEMINIST ISSUE will be published by the Havik literary journal in late May, 2020.

Also, monologue QUEENIE from my play CHESS & THE MIDDLE EAST is being published by Applause Books this year.

And my monologue RICHARD GERSTL, about a painter who lived in Austria, and committed suicide after a failed love affair with the wife of his best friend in 1908, has been published by In Parentheses last weekend.