Henry James wrote that a writer is someone on whom nothing is lost.
In class, that means I tell my students to listen to conversations in the world, to take note of sights and smells and the way things feel.
For me at my desk, that means interrogating my work and drilling down to find why I use a metaphor, what my concordances mean - there's a reason I keep using a word or phrase - and where the connectivity lies in the piece as a whole.
And this week, next week, for a while to come, it means look at Haiti, and donate what you can to organizations helping on the ground in the disaster. For me, that's Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders. There's a button at the bottom of this page to make it easy for you. Just scroll down!
About Me
- jessica handler
- 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.
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