Ethel Rohan

Birthday July 5, 2009
Location San Francisco
Occupation Fiction Writer
Website http://ethelrohan.com

About Me

Raised in Ireland, Ethel Rohan now lives in San Francisco. She received her MFA in fiction from Mills College, CA.

Her work has or will appear in Guernica, Gargoyle, Potomac Review, Los Angeles Review, Southeast Review Online, and Keyhole 9, among many others.

Her short short story collection, Cut Through the Bone, is forthcoming from Dark Sky Books in December, 2010. A second short short collection, Hard to Say, is forthcoming from PANK, 2011. She blogs at ethelrohan.com.

Why do you write?

I feel most alive, most myself, when I write.

Any favorite authors? Books?

Raymond Carver, Flannery O'Connor; Amy Hempel; Richard Bausch; Rohinton Mistry; Ian McEwan; John Banville; Colum McCann; Edna O'Brien, and on and on.

Ethel Rohan's Wall

Michelle Elvy, May 01

Thanks for your comment on Love, Story, Ethel! So nice to see you here!

Matthew A. Hamilton, Apr 29

Thank you for reading and commenting on Muted Corners. It means a lot to me.

Barry Basden, Feb 28

Thanks for the welcome, Ethel. I love your book faces…

Katrina Gray, Feb 12

Thanks, Ethel, for the read and the compliment. And the smiley face. :)

Julie Innis, Jan 13

Really love your blog, Ethel. Good luck in your new “location”!

Jack Swenson, Jan 05

Ethel, thanks for your comment about my story. I don’t know about the title, either.

Jack Swenson, Jan 05

David Erlewine, Dec 17

Quite enjoyed your piece in Calliope! Nice to see a familiar face/name in there. Beautiful last line.

Meakin Armstrong, Dec 01

Ethel, thanks for your comment on my story in elimae. It was much appreciated. I look forward to reading your work!

Meakin Armstrong, Dec 01

Ethel, thanks for your comment on my story in elimae.

Erin Fitzgerald, Sep 10

Ethel, thanks for your comments. I’m getting back up to speed here, and really looking forward to reading more of your work.

Gary Moshimer, Sep 08

Hi Ethel. If you have time, check out my edited Boobie story, and see if this makes it stronger, Thanks GM

Ben Loory, Sep 06

hi ethel! thanks for liking my story! glad you read it as a fable, that’s how i always describe them to people… little twilight zone-y fables. man, you’ve had your stuff published everywhere! that’s pretty impressive. that guy over at elimae won’t give me the time of day. i’ve made it my personal goal in life to finally sneak something past him. not sure if i’ll ever make it though.

well, now that i’m done complaining about elimae, i guess i’ll be on my way. see you round!

Tara Laskowski, Aug 24

Thanks for the comments on “Little Girls”! By the way, I saw on your blog you were thinking of joining Facebook. You should! It is a time-killer, but it’s also really fun. :-)

Mel Bosworth, May 18

Greetings, Ethel. Thanks for the invite. Where am I? What’s going on here? The social networking of the internet is dizzying.

Larry Strattner, May 17

Thanks Ethel, from all of my multiple personalities here at Flashfictioninc. You helped my little story. A touch of the Irish tradition.

Larry Strattner, May 16

OK Ethel - Take a quick look at the beginning of Sex Life of Your Mouth. (It’s only three paragraphs.) The rest remains the same. I love it when someone gives me something to do. It must be the latent copywriter in me.

Heather Fowler, May 14

Hi Ethel,

Thanks so much for your comments on my new piece! Looking forward to checking out your stories.

All warmest and best, H

Cortney McLellan, Apr 25

Hi, Ethel! Nice to see you on here. Always enjoy your stories.

Frank Dahai, Apr 25

Very much Irish, yes. Dubliner too, in a way. My mum lived next door to the other ‘Frank O’Connor’ when she was a girl. She named me after him.

Frank Dahai, Apr 25

Cheers for the welcome Ethel. I faved ‘Cracking Open’. It’s got that Dublin swing.

R.A. Cooper, Apr 08

Almost anyone from Ireland is a friend of mine. Nice to meet you here!

Katrina Denza, Apr 05

Hi Ethel!

Rachel Yoder, Apr 02

Hi Ethel! Thanks for your kind comment on Arizona’s Lonely. Yes, loneliness. If only *other people* could alleviate it, wouldn’t that just do it? Look forward to reading your work here!

Meg Pokrass, Mar 25

Yay! Ethel is here! hi and welcome!!!!

Darryl Price, Mar 25

Not just any chocoholic but a brazen one! I like it! Plus it’s so nice to see someone actually put Edna O’Brien on the list. Welcome aboard.

Ethel Rohan, Mar 24

Thanks, David. I’m thrilled to be here.

David Erlewine, Mar 24

Hi, Ethel! Wonderful to see you here. I need to figure out how to invite people here. So glad Meg did.

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