Mallsoft
November 2nd, 2023 | by Brittany Ackerman
The mall still plays the same voiceless, ambient music. It’s perfect for putting a baby to sleep. It’s perfect for calming my endless nerves
About Brittany Ackerman
Brittany Ackerman
Brittany Ackerman is a writer from Riverdale, New York. She earned her BA in English from Indiana University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida Atlantic University. She has led workshops for UCLA’s Extension, The Porch, HerStry, Write or Die, Lighthouse Writers, and Stanford. She is a 3x Pushcart Prize Nominee, and her work has been featured in The Sun, MUTHA, Jewish Book Council, Lit Hub, The Los Angeles Review, No Tokens, Joyland, and more. She is the author of the essay collection The Perpetual Motion Machine (Red Hen Press) and the novel The Brittanys (Vintage). She has a forthcoming novel with CLASH Books called The Style of Your Life. Her Substack is taking the stairs.