Hannah Fischer

Hannah Fischer is a librarian and nature enthusiast in Washington, D.C. She publishes the wildlife newsletter, WanderFinder, on a weekly-ish basis, and works of hers appear or are slated to appear in Calyx, the Bitter Oleander, and Joyland. She likes clapping on the down beat, and her views are hers alone.

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The Elephant’s Tiptoe

Hannah Fischer  | 
Issue 71.2 Spring 2022

If we think about the sound an elephant makes, we think about his trumpet. Instead, I heard a low, steady chewing broken by the swish-tear of a trunk, mighty like an octopus’s tentacle, twisting off more branches. The name of the elephant was George, I thought. Without breaking eye contact with me, he lifted the […]

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A conversation with Hannah Fischer about her nonfiction piece “The Elephant’s Tiptoe.”