PAIGE TOWERS is a creative and freelance writer who earned her BA in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Iowa and her MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Emerson College. Paige is also the Senior Editor of TRUE, a weekly publication from Proximity Magazine that aims to push forward the conversation around storytelling. She currently lives in the diverse Riverwest neighborhood of Milwaukee and is at work on a book of essays about sound. Each essay explores a singular sound, some of which are observable—like the sound of a loon call or an ambulance siren—and some that are abstract—such as the sound of awakening or undoing. While her book contains research on acoustics, listening, noise pollution, sound art, ASMR and the sonic environment in general, these essays are deeply personal, and explore memories and feelings triggered by certain noises.
After teaching creative writing and composition at Emerson, Paige spent three years in New York City getting by on a number of eclectic jobs, including tutoring underprivileged students at Monroe College’s writing center in the Bronx, working as a copywriter for a tech start-up, teaching English to international students, serving as a staff writer for the wellness magazine, Van Winkle’s, and later serving as the Associate Editor of the humor magazine, Woolly. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Guardian, McSweeney's, The Harvard Review, North American Review, Indiana Review, Southeast Review, Cream City Review, The Baltimore Review, Midwestern Gothic, The Billfold, So to Speak, Prime Number, Rock & Sling, The Collapsar, Barnstorm Journal, Biostories, Luna Luna Magazine, Catch & Release, and many other publications. Her writing has been anthologized in Belt Magazine: City Anthology Series (Milwaukee). She has also received generous support from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. When she is not writing or reading, Paige enjoys running, hiking, traveling, and escaping into nature with her husband, Kumar, and their two small rescue dogs.
After teaching creative writing and composition at Emerson, Paige spent three years in New York City getting by on a number of eclectic jobs, including tutoring underprivileged students at Monroe College’s writing center in the Bronx, working as a copywriter for a tech start-up, teaching English to international students, serving as a staff writer for the wellness magazine, Van Winkle’s, and later serving as the Associate Editor of the humor magazine, Woolly. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in The Guardian, McSweeney's, The Harvard Review, North American Review, Indiana Review, Southeast Review, Cream City Review, The Baltimore Review, Midwestern Gothic, The Billfold, So to Speak, Prime Number, Rock & Sling, The Collapsar, Barnstorm Journal, Biostories, Luna Luna Magazine, Catch & Release, and many other publications. Her writing has been anthologized in Belt Magazine: City Anthology Series (Milwaukee). She has also received generous support from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. When she is not writing or reading, Paige enjoys running, hiking, traveling, and escaping into nature with her husband, Kumar, and their two small rescue dogs.
