Lesley-Ann Brown
I met Joy at a writers retreat in MN. It was in the mid 90s and she and I immediately became fast acquaintances. Throughout the years, we corresponded and she always kept in touch. When I returned to the States from Denmark with my new baby, she met with us at my family’s and took us on a drive back to New York I’ll never forget. I’ve thought about Joy throughout the years, about the stories she wrote about her aunts and the village in Eastern Europe they hailed from. How when we first met she was reading Ulysses and would give me updates, her reflections. She was a brilliant and talented woman. Rest in power, Joy Zelda Collas ❤️🦋🪷