Benita Brown

BENITA BROWN graduated from Utah State University and George Washington University. Formerly managing editor of DIALOGUE, she is now raising two children, writing, and building furniture in her native Washington

Home Again

Articles/Essays – Volume 11, No. 3

The bus trip from Utah had taken twenty-four hours and now, as the day darkened to evening, it was almost over. I had struggled the night before to sleep, but woke at each little village’s…

Where Everyone Builds Bombs

Articles/Essays – Volume 17, No. 4

Of course, when anyone asks me what my husband does for a living, I never say, “He builds nuclear weapons.” No one in Richland builds bombs. People here only teach school, fight fires, design containment…