Faith Palermo is a writer from Eastern Massachusetts. She is a MFA candidate in Creative Nonfiction at George Mason University and the Nonfiction Editor at Phoebe. She is currently working on her thesis, a collection of essays investigating the different ways that radiation has seeped into our environments over time, highlighting the impact of modern scientific research on lived experiences.
Faith is currently seeking volunteers to be interviewed for oral history projects involving the Sellafield Nuclear site (Cumbria, England) and the radiation experiments conducted at the Fernald School (Waltham, MA).
Writer & Researcher
Publications
2024
braided essay; Sūdō Journal
flash nonfiction; Mulberry Literary
2024
2024
lyric essay; Write or Die
2024
flash nonfiction; Unstamatic
2023
lyric essay; The Hyacinth Review
Pieces Forthcoming
2025
(Landscape of) A Body
How to Convince Your Peers That Your Friend, the One Who Writes Haunting Things, Licked a Wall in a Public Place
2025
lyric essay; The Offing
list essay; Puerto del Sol
Awards and Fellowships
2024
2024
Provost Research Fellow
Interviews and Moderations
Upcoming October 16: Moderation of “Navigating Identity Across Language, Space, and Time” panel featuring Ani Gjika (An Unruled Body) and Grace Loh Prasad (The Translator’s Daughter) for Fall for the Book literary festival
2024
Introduced and interviewed Alyssa Graybeal (author of Floppy: Tales of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World) for Fall for the Book literary festival
2023