RONLYN DOMINGUE is the author of The Mercy of Thin Air (Atria Books). The debut novel was a 2005 Borders Original Voices Award Finalist and was acquired in 11 other countries. Her writing has appeared in New England Review, Clackamas Literary Review, New Delta Review, and The Independent (UK). She earned an MFA degree in creative writing from Louisiana State University. In the past, Ronlyn worked as a grassroots organizer, project manager, teacher, and grant writer.
Novel #2 is in progress, completion date heretofore unknown. Visit her at ronlyndomingue.com or Facebook.
She will post on TNB the first week of each month.
What He Taught Me from Death Row (3 of 4)
There’s a fifth, then a sixth execution date. Feltus’ autobiography has gaps only he can fill. Time and patience are running out.
What He Taught Me from Death Row (2 of 4)
While she tries to make sense of his case file facts and what she learns about him in person, Ronlyn Domingue keeps her distance.
What He Taught Me from Death Row (1 of 4)
Ronlyn Domingue served as a writing coach for a man working on his autobiography—from Death Row. This is how she got involved.
Field Notes Taken in a Man’s World
It’s a man’s world, in some ways. That place turns out to be a source of curiosity and inspiration for Ronlyn Domingue.
A Thousand Words: I Was an Unwilling Beauty Pageant Contestant
In the 1970s, a secret committee selected Ronlyn Domingue to be her elementary school’s representative at the Little Miss Lafayette pageant. What happened next transformed her wardrobe and the rest of her life.
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