Window: Stories and Essays

by Nancy Jensen

What is a window but a two-way device to relieve the opacity of a wall? Nancy Jensen's stories and essays allow readers to see into the rooms of her mind. Like some windows, Jensen's book also serves as a mirror wherein our own features are how we struggle to define ourselves within our families, to inhabit our own bodies, to be known for who we are, to learn what we need about the illusions and insights, the generostiy and selfishness of ourselves and others.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 2009

About the author

NANCY JENSEN’s work has appeared in numerous literary journals, and her first book, Window, a collection of short stories and essays, was published by Fleur-de-Lis Press in 2009. She has been awarded an Artist Enrichment Grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and an Al Smith Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council. Nancy shares her home with eight rescued cats and her dog Gordy, who is her partner on a pet therapy team with Pawsibilities Unleashed of Kentucky, visiting hospitals, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, and daycare centers. When she isn’t writing or enjoying the company of her furred family, she teaches as a member of the core faculty in the MFA in Writing Program at Eastern Kentucky University. The Sisters is her first novel.