About Me

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
My first book, "Invisible Sisters: A Memoir" has been named one of "Twenty Five Books All Georgians Should Read!" I would love to visit your bookclub, either in person (in the South) or through the magic of electronics. My writing has received a "Special Mention" for a 2008 Pushcart Prize. I have been honored with a residency at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany, CT., a Fellowship at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts in Rabun Gap, Georgia, and the 2009 Peter Taylor Nonfiction Fellowship at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. Locally, I teach workshops in creative writing, memoir, and feature journalism, and am a member of the faculty of an art college, where I teach screenwriting. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte (N.C.) and a B.S. in Communication from Emerson College, in Boston. I used to work in television. I did not push the broom behind the elephant. Usually, I served as mahout - I drove the (allegorical) elephant. If he was SAG or AFTRA. Rock stars do not scare me.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Need a new calendar


T. the publicist rocks. I need a new calendar - I use an academic calendar on my desk, and it only goes through July! And yet, the world goes beyond July!

In other news, I find I am happiest when writing in Palatino 14. Then I change the document to Times New Roman 12 in order to submit to people other than myself.

Don't forget - if you're in Atlanta, come to Creative Writing and Yoga this Sunday at 1 at Nirvana Yoga/Grant Park! We will not use calendars. Or computer typefaces. We will, however, do forward bends, as well as heart-opening asanas, and write some startlingly good descriptions of mundane things.
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