Discipline: Literature – fiction

Jayne Blankenship

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Palm Beach, FL
MacDowell Fellowships: 2018

Jayne Blankenship is the author of the memoir In the Center of the Night (G.P. Putnam's Sons). At MacDowell she wrote a revised 75-page opening to her novel-in-progress and added 120 scenes to the outline. She also wrote a short story, outlined several new short-short stories, and did a good bit of reading.

Studios

Banks

Jayne Blankenship worked in the Banks studio.

Banks, an ell on the north end of the Lodge dormitory, was first used as an artist’s studio in 1970. Since then, it has played host to an extraordinary list of writers working in several disciplines. In all seasons, Fellows have enjoyed the pastoral view through the French doors facing a field…

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