Aleithia Stephens

Aleithia Stephens

writing toward a sense of place and time

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Writing: Selected Essays

  1. Tell//The Bulb Region (forthcoming)
  2. Night Train//Glint Literary Journal (forthcoming); first published in Zest Literary Magazine (2014)
  3. Postscript//Painted Pebble Lit Mag (2026)
  4. Muzak Serenade//Star 82 Review (2013)
  5. Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi//in Yearning: Young Adults, Transformation, and the Church (2013)
  6. As American As Apple Pie//ExPat Lit (2010)

Note: Publications before 2016 are credited to Aleithia Burgess

Bio

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Aleithia (Burgess) Stephens is a writer who is attentive to where the timeless and the present moment meet. Her prose has appeared or is forthcoming in The Bulb Region, Glint Literary Journal, Painted Pebble Lit Mag, and elsewhere. She is at work on a collection of essays about sacred music, doubt, and forgiveness.

Musical sensibilities deeply influence Aleithia’s writing. She has nearly 20 years of experience singing in semi-professional Episcopal choirs, including at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, Christ Church, New Haven, and St. Paul’s Cathedral, Oklahoma City.

Aleithia holds bachelor’s degrees in History and Philosophy from Oklahoma State University and an MLitt in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies from the University of Aberdeen, where she also undertook doctoral research in Atlantic World history. She has worked full-time in higher education since 2013 and is currently the Manager of Instructional Support on Baylor University’s Learning Design team.

Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Aleithia has lived in Colorado, Oklahoma, Ohio, Connecticut, South Korea, and Scotland. After moving back to Oklahoma for the third time, she decided to call it home. She lives in Oklahoma City with her husband, son, and two tabby cats.

Contact

aleithia [dot] stephens [at] gmail [dot] com

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