Brittney Knotts

Brittney Knotts is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Pittsburgh. Her writing and research explore the intersections of girlhood, computer programming, and digital labor and economics in 21st-century Pittsburgh. When she isn’t hanging out at research sites or writing, she’s with her dog or dancing.

Contemporary Art

Two black and white rabbit-like creatures face one another in a dark forest. The creature in the foreground lies on the ground with its back to the viewer. The creature that is further away faces the viewer. They look like mirror images of one another, but one has a burst of colorful spikes that look like fireworks covering its back.

What Will Become of Us? Childhood Loneliness in Rachel Rose’s Lake Valley

The nighttime journey of the protagonist in Rachel Rose's Lake Valley echoes the themes of well-known stories from the golden age of children's literature, as Brittney Knotts explains.

Brittney Knotts

What Will Become of Us? Childhood Loneliness in Rachel Rose’s Lake Valley

By Brittney Knotts Aug 08, 2020