Elisabeth McClanahan

Elisabeth McClanahan is a recent alumnus of the Trinity Fellows Academy. She lives in Washington, D.C., working for an Anglican church and a literary nonprofit. In the between times, she frequents her local library and explores the endless uses of the Foreman grill.

EssayJuly 26, 2017

Borrowed roots

By Elisabeth McClanahan

The trees in my neighborhood are squeezed into small dirt rectangles between brick sidewalks and asphalt roads. Their branches get routinely hacked off, and…

EssayJuly 13, 2016

Jagged edges

By Elisabeth McClanahan

Jordan’s One Direction posters covered the wall where Emily used to hang her princess canopy, but the sunset still glimmered through the windows facing…