Eleanor Keisman

Eleanor Keisman is an American writer living in Vienna, Austria. She holds a BA from The New School and an MFA in creative writing from Drexel University. Her short stories, poetry, and essays have appeared in Litro Magazine, The Bangalore Review, Tough Crime, Last Stanza Poetry Journal, and The Wild Umbrella, as well as adapted for "The Other Stories" podcast. New Animal is her first novella. Learn more about Eleanor here:

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Person with short gray hair and round glasses wearing a teal coat and patterned scarf outdoors
Book cover for "New Animal: A Novella" by Eleanor Keisman, featuring an abstract black-and-orange forest illustration.

New Animal, novella, August 2025