Dana Staves
Dana Staves earned her MFA in Creative Writing at Old Dominion University, where she studied Fiction. Her work has appeared in Shaking Magazine, Alimentum, Grist, and Fiction Writers Review. She is currently working on her first novel about two generations of women, peripherally connected to the US Navy, living, eating, loving, and healing in Norfolk, Virginia. Dana is a recent transplant to southern California with her wife and their cat, Otis.
Published Works
fiction
“Reasons I Would Leave Myself.” Shaking Magazine. Spring 2012.
essay
“This Closet Smells Like Chicken.” Grist. Spring 2013.
food articles – distinction magazine
“Salacia – 4 Diamonds.” Distinction Magazine. May 13, 2012.
“A Course in French.” Distinction Magazine. February 19, 2012.
“Taste of the Banks.” Distinction Magazine. November 8, 2011.
selections from altdaily.com
“This Navy Town of Mine, by Dana Staves.” (Selection from this blog.) AltDaily.com. February 16, 2012.
“Video: In the Kitchen with Todd Rosenlieb.” AltDaily.com. September 13, 2011.
“Reasons to Love Cafe Stella.” AltDaily.com. July 25, 2011.
“Video Blog: Dana and Hannah Do HarborFeast.” AltDaily.com. June 10, 2011.
“CSAcation: Dana vs. May Peas (and Her Empty Apartment).” AltDaily.com. May 19, 2011.
Book reviews
“2 Daughters: One Secret, One ‘Claimed,’ Both Betrayed.” The Virginian-Pilot. Review of Tayari Jones’s novel Silver Sparrow. August 28, 2011.
“The House on Salt Hay Road by Carin Clevidence.” Fiction Writers Review. March 21, 2011.
“Concord, Virginia, by Peter Neofotis.” Fiction Writers Review. July 28, 2010.
Hi Dana, I love your blog especially the idea of a writer who cooks! Thanks for following me. I’m looking forward to reading more about your adventures in writing and cooking. Joanie
Thank you, Joanie! Your chicken recipe helped me out tonight, so thanks for helping me with dinner!
Great! I’m glad I could help!