Author: Patricia Pease

  • The Shortlist for May 9, 2025

    The Shortlist for May 9, 2025

    Nonfiction by Shaimaa Abulebda and Susan D. Ross. Fiction by Stephenjohn Holgate, Dawn Tasaka Steffler and Patricia Pease.

  • The Outcasts by Patricia Pease

    Pease’s story of a couple of unusual kids finding some (un)common ground is sweet and sad. I’ve been thinking about it for days. In 1968, Sadie entered junior high at a new school. Kids immediately called her Sad Sadie, the Fat Lady. There was one kid who didn’t make fun of her; Beau Watson. Bo…