She will defend her thesis this fall and graduate in December. She earned her BA in English with concentrations in Creative Writing and Literature from North Texas in May of 2013. Bess is an active participant and reader for Spiderweb Salon, a Denton-based arts collective. She is also a regular contributor to the Spiderweb Salon Zine, a DIY-style publication which seeks to publish prose, poetry, short essays, and art.