Rhian Sasseen, a graduate of Smith College, has written for Aeon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and others. More can be found on her website, rhiansasseen.com.
Two Serious Ladies is named for the 1943 short novel by Jane Bowles.
“I have my happiness, which I guard like a wolf, and I have authority now and a certain amount of daring, which, if you remember correctly, I never had before.”
― Jane Bowles Two Serious Ladies