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.

Friday, July 31, 2009

The Reading List!



After Amanda Gable's terrific book launch last night, (I can't wait to read her book) I ran into a former student who told me some really cool news; that Invisible Sisters is on her reading list for her MFA program!

I'll bet she's been given this list of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction.

I loved my MFA program, partly because I was directed to read so many wonderful books that were new to me, and I had an ironclad reason to block out hours - hours! - of reading time.

What a thrill to be a drop in that bucket this time around.
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