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Brianna Avenia-Tapper

Senior Editor (she/her)

Brianna Avenia-Tapper is a writer and mom whose personal essays have recently appeared in Tahoma Literary Review, Hobart, MUTHA Magazine, and Pigeon Pages. Her book reviews and author interviews have been published in Chicago Review of Books, Barrelhouse, River Teeth, and The Rumpus. She is currently revising her memoir, Carrying Heavy Things: Babies, Backpacks, and Bolsheviks about birth, control, and birth control. This work is represented by Andrew Dugan of Dystel, Goderich, and Bourret. Formerly a teacher in the US, Russia, and Kazakhstan, Brianna lives in NYC with her family. Find her at briannaaveniatapper.com.

Contributions:

Profiles | May/June 2022

On the Necessity of Pain, Anger, and Laundry: A Conversation with Jessamine Chan

Profiles | September/October 2022

Leap Through Quickening Sky: A Conversation with Mary Beth Hines

Profiles | November/December 2022

The Really True Thing: A Conversation with Jill Christman

Profiles | January/February 2023

Undocumented Mothering: A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Farfán-Santos

Reviews | March/April 2023

How to Scream on the Outside: A Review of Screaming on the Inside: On the Unsustainability of American Motherhood

100 Words of Writing Advice from Brianna Avenia-Tapper, Profiles Editor

Profiles | May/June 2023

I’m Not So Happy For You: A Conversation with Amy Klein

The Terror of Fucking Up: A Conversation with Marisa Crane (Part 1)

The Terror of Fucking Up: A Conversation with Marisa Crane (Part 2)

Profiles | July/August 2023

Angels of Instagram: A Conversation with Sara Petersen

Profiles | September/October 2023

Put It Out in the World and Let It Be Free: A Conversation with Jacqueline Friedland

Profiles | November/December 2023

I Like When It’s Messy: A Conversation with Margo Steines

Reviews | July/August 2025

“You are loved. Goodbye.” A review of Sidework

Profiles |

Reality Was Kind of Falling Apart: A Conversation with Christine Kalafus

Profiles | January/February 2026

“Infertility Turned the Initial Abstraction into Obsession:” A Conversation with Samantha Browning Shea

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