Elise Chatelain

Elise is a writer, editor and educator with 20+ years in academia and communications. When she isn’t writing web copy, editing a manuscript or putting together the next issue of Dismantle Magazine, she’s teaching. She works part time as a university instructor and recently became a certified yoga teacher. A Louisiana native, Elise enjoys spending time in Mexico with her partner and their dog, “Peligrosa.”

Thank You from the Dismantle Editors

We are writing to share that the time has come for us to stop publishing at Dismantle Magazine.

Letting Go

How will I ever get through it all? she wondered. It was just her. There were no siblings to help, no other parent or auntie to come in and dig through everything. It felt insurmountable. But she had faced much worse.