We’re so thrilled to announce that Masters Review author Traci Cox and her essay “Missed,” which was published in our second volume was selected as a Notable Mention in this year’s Best American Essays. This is a wonderful acknowledgement for a great essay and talented writer.
You can read “Missed” in The Masters Review Volume II available for purchase, here.
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[…] In 2010 she entered George Mason University’s MFA Creative Writing Program in Fairfax, Virginia, where she focused on the Nonfiction genre and completed her thesis–a collection of interrelated essays about travel–under the direction of author Kyoko Mori. One of her essays, “Missed,” was chosen for publication by A.M. Homes in the 2013 edition of The Masters Review and was later selected by Robert Atwan as a Notable Essay of 2013 in the most recent edition of The Best American Essays. […]