Pat Davis

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Location

Great Falls, Virginia,

Birthday

February 25

Bio

I am a writer and activist living on the outskirts of Washington, DC. My articles have appeared in The Nation and Hispanic magazines and my poems and translations have been published in Poet Lore, Wordwrights, New Laurel Review, Potomac Review, Salt Hill, Puerto del Sol, and the anthology Cabin Fever. With torture survivor Sister Dianna Ortiz, I co-authored The Blindfold's Eyes, published in 2002. For many years, I worked at the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA as communications director and eventually as interim executive director. I've recently started writing plays. "Alternative Methods," my first full-length play, deals with the ethical struggles a pscyhologist faces while working on an interrogation team in Iraq. It's gotten a couple of readings in New York. Anyone out there with ideas on how to get this produced, feel free to pass along your wisdom. Nearly two years ago I became a mother and have learned more about myself and life in those two years than in all my previous decades. I love Open Salon--I love reading the posts, being invited to think about things, and having some shared discourse.