ARTWIFE x The Inner Loop: Stephanie Dupal

In 2026, our collab is back! ARTWIFE Magazine is teaming up with The Inner Loop to bring you interviews with DC-area authors in August, September, October, and November. Join us on the first Tuesday of the month to hear from recently-published novelists, memoirists, and poets in the DMV.

Today we meet Stephanie Dupal. Stephanie Dupal is a Franco-Canadian and American professor of English who teaches writing and literature at Northern Virginia Community College. She published two dozen stories, which appeared individually in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Norway. The Kindness of Terrible People and Other Stories is her first collection. She and her husband Travis rescue senior dogs and take on too many DIY home projects. They are parents to five children. Find Stephanie at www.stephaniedupal.com, on Instagram @stephaniedupalwriter, or via her link tree at linktr.ee/stephaniedupal.

Buy Stephanie's book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-kindness-of-terrible-people-and-other-stories-stephanie-dupal/773020b4ff4f503a?ean=9780996510318&aid=89218&listref=the-artwife-book-club

Listen to The Kindness of Terrible People playlist (2–3 songs per story, in the order of the collection: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4uKPOvGHA834DziiUBIxrs

See Clara Peeters' work at the National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/artworks/217102-still-life-flowers-surrounded-insects-and-snail

Amy Beach, Romance in A Major, Opus 23, recorded at Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, Virginia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raYTRuOp_nE&list=RDraYTRuOp_nE&start_radio=1

The Inner Loop creates inclusive and accessible opportunities for our diverse network of both emerging and established writers to connect with each other, to connect to their community, and to transform the written word into a shared experience through the act of reading aloud. They put on monthly readings in Washington, DC, market writers who published with small- to medium-sized presses, host writing retreats and residencies, and provide other special programming throughout the year. Check out upcoming events at theinnerlooplit.org.

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