My sister Sarah, who was a petite person, could declaim the opening lines of "Gone With the Wind" in an alarmingly deep and loud tone. QUTTIN' TIME, she bellowed, along with the character Big Sam, in the first minutes of the classic film.
Sarah and I almost got thrown out of the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, Mass., because she bellowed and I laughed. It was a matinee. No one else was there, except for the usher, who took offense at our rowdy behavior. We loved the movie. We were playing along!
All this to say THANK YOU to the good folks at the Margaret Mitchell House, and all my friends, old and new, who came out on a blustery evening to hear some of "Invisible Sisters"and to ask very good questions.
And to quote Scarlett, "tomorrow is another day." And it's off to Asheville!
About Me
- jessica handler
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- My first book, "Invisible Sisters: A Memoir" (Public Affairs Books) is in bookstores now! 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 was awarded a merit scholarship to the Inaugural "Writers in Paradise" conference, an honorable mention for the Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award, and enjoyed a Fellowship at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts in Rabun Gap, Georgia, and have been honored with 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, media history, and other courses of that stripe. 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.
Places Where You Can Read My Work
Good words from the national press! (Type "review")
Calendar via BookTour.com
Invisible Sisters: A Memoir
The AJC calls it One of the Eight Great Southern Books in 2009! Atlanta Magazine's "Best Memoir" for 2009.
Video, Radio, Podcasts - digital media
One Way to Purchase a Copy of "Invisible Sisters."
Or a signed copy, from A Cappella Books!
People I Like Doing Things You Want to Know About
- Abigail Thomas
- Amanda Gable
- Andisheh Nouraee
- Beth Lilly
- Brevity Mag
- Cancer Bitch
- Chris Mastin
- Cliff Garstang
- Collin Kelley
- Craig Duff
- cupcake punk
- Decatur Book Festival
- East Atlanta Village
- Elizabeth Dulemba
- Emerging Writers Network
- Erika Dreifus: The Practicing Writer
- Flux Capacitor
- Guide to Literary Agents
- Hobie Anthony
- Home of the Brave (anthology about the military experience.)
- Identity Theory
- Jack Pendarvis
- Jai Shanti Yoga
- Jason McGlone
- Jennifer Niesslein
- Jessie Carty
- Jilly Dybka
- John David Allen's film, "Love And Roadkill"
- Kate Sweeney's Room Sound
- Kim Jones
- Linera Lucas
- Los Monteros
- Madge McKeithen
- Marc Fitten
- Mark Williams
- Mary Akers
- Michael Wex
- Mickey Dubrow
- Nirvana Yoga Atlanta
- Press 53
- Rebecca McClanahan
- Sam Starnes
- Save Jekyll Island (really. I love this place.)
- Stephanie Miller
- Susan Meyers
- Susan Rebecca White
- The Habitual Writer - Susan Woodring
- The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts
- The Highland Inn
- The Kenyon Review (blog)
- Tracy Crow
- Val Nieman
- Vene Franco
- Verb
Blog Archive
MSF
Invisible Illness Awareness Week
2 comments:
LOL! I too saw "Gone with the Wind" at the Brattle Theater, and I too got yelled at. Callow Yankee that I was, I laughed at the wrong place, specifically where Scarlett's father falls off his galloping horse. The girl in front of me whipped around and said "Would you shut up!". I was duly chastened, and did.
When it comes to 3+ hour movies, I'm more of a "Seven Samurai" guy myself.
I have always loved you at Java Monkey. Will keep up with your schedule and see you soon. Congrats on the book.
Post a Comment