Dorothy Jane Kavanaugh

Dorothy Jane Kavanaugh, writer

Dorothy Jane is a retired Speech and Language Pathologist has published non-fiction in her professional journal and poetry in “Whiskey Sour City,” Black Moss Press. Her mentors have included Timothy Findley in Toronto, Ontario, Donna Morrissey in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Nino Ricci in Windsor, Ontario. She is presently a student in the Master of Literature and Creative Writing Programme at the University of Windsor in Ontario. “Agentis” is one story from her novel The Little River Bridge. She lives in Windsor with her cat, Mr. Yeats.

Bones — Volume 9, Issue 2

In Bones, a coming-age-tale by Dorothy Jane Kavanaugh, two young girls’ discovery of mysterious bones in a polluted river forces them to confront adult secrets and social division in their small town, testing their friendship and challenging their understanding of truth, justice, and the complexity of grown-up morality.

Agentis — Volume 4, Issue 1

Dorothy Jane Kavanaugh explores what life was like for a woman in the 1940s in her heartbreaking piece, Agentis.

AGENTIS was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the 2020 Journey Prize.