“I consider myself, more than anything, an essayist, and it’s a word I use with appropriate pride. The form inspires this magical blend of intention and serendipity. When I write an essay, I never arrive in the place I set out to reach.”
Penny’s essays have appeared in the following publications
- Solstice Literary Magazine, Born Back Ceaselessly — April 2019
- The Rumpus, The Five C’s, Voices of Addiction column — September 2018
- Hippocampus Magazine, “Looking for Luke Skywalker” — August 2017
- Full Grown People, “Something” — January 2016
- Bluestem, “Marriage and Marriage Two” — December 2015
- Stirring: A Literary Collection, “A Little Heart Rhythm Thing” — August 1, 2015
- The Rumpus Sunday Essay, “The Sound of Galton’s Whistle” — June 14, 2015
- Sport Literate, “The Man’s Game” — Issue 9:1.
- Writer’s Bloc, “Am I a Liar?” — March 10, 2015.
- Guernica, “Route Nine: Bangor to Lubec” — July 24, 2014.
- Proximity, “Batboy is Disappointed” — 2014.
- River Teeth, “I Have This Part Right” — Issue 15.2: Spring 2014.
- Fourth Genre, “Coming Out” — Issue 16.2: 2014 — Finalist, Michael Steinberg Essay Prize, 2015 Best American Essays, Notable.
- Exit 7: A Journal of Literature and the Arts, “Hay Pond,” “Bioluminescence,” “I Didn’t Miss You Until This Morning,” “The And,” “Heat,” “Back From The Trip,” and “Herzog,” Spring 2014.
- Solstice Literary Magazine, “Provincetown” — Nonfiction Editor’s Pick, 2013
- “Penny’s Handy Guide to Not Making Sexist Comments” — blog of Sheila Webster Boneham, October 2013.
- About Place Journal, “Larch”
- Under the Gum Tree, “Six-Point Win” — Issue 9: October 2013
Anthologies:
- Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships, and Identity. Carter Sickels, editor. Ooligan Press, 2015.
- Dumped: Stories of Women Unfriending Women. Nina Gaby, editor. SheWrites Press, 2015.