July 2026 – Joanne Merriam

The Deep List, Episode 03, Joanne Merriam, listen on oratoriamag.substack.com

Writing

“Otherwise everyone’s naked by 1845, which wasn’t the book I was trying to write.”

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Oratoria Magazine interviewed me for their literary podcast!

Fiction Writing

Two new

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I love how both of these stories are tied up in my 15 years at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

I acknowledge that I live in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq nation. This territory is covered by a series of treaties of peace and friendship which recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and established rules for an ongoing relationship between nations. We are all treaty people. The stories of First Nations peoples have been told in Mi'kma'ki for centuries, and I commit to holding space for those stories to be retold. Moreover, as a guest on this land, I affirm that I have a duty to be mindful of my environmental impact and to reflect on and hold colonial systems accountable.

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Month: July 2026

“Otherwise everyone’s naked by 1845, which wasn’t the book I was trying to write.”

Two new