Athena Dixon
A native of Northeast Ohio, Athena Dixon is the author of The Incredible Shrinking Woman (Split/Lip Press, 2020) and No God in This Room (Argus House Press, 2018). Her work also appears in The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Books, 2018) and in various publications including GAY Magazine and Narratively. She resides in Philadelphia.
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Rooted in the Hiding: On “Distillation”
Athena Dixon talks about the deeply personal roots of her nonfiction piece “Distillation.”
Distillation
We are the only car in the drive-thru convenience store. This is a place where you can, from the comfort of your vehicle, purchase what you need. Chips and candy. Cigarettes and lottery. Vodka and beer. We are here on a quick run—nothing more and nothing less. So, it was not a surprise she said […]
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Essay: On Chasing Curiosity
Athena Dixon, author of the nonfiction essay “Distillation,” featured in Volume 70.2 of Shenandoah, discusses horror video games as writing inspiration, finding curiosity in life, and reexamining loneliness during her experience writing The Loneliness Files, in the essay below. Read “Distillation” here. How do you write a book about loneliness when all the world is at […]
Rooted in the Hiding: On “Distillation”
Athena Dixon talks about the deeply personal roots of her nonfiction piece “Distillation.”