Since I'm not writing at the moment, merely waiting for a shoe or two to drop, I thought I'd hook y'all up with the saga of my friend Elyssa East and the adventures of Uptown Gerry.
(A chicken.) The whole story's made it to New York Magazine, but a few weeks ago it was a fast-twittering, chicken-rescuing story. A "ticking clock scenario" as a screenwriter might say. Or "ticking cluck?"
When you're done reading this, read her book Dogtown . I don't recall that there are chickens in it. There's a murder, some history, naturalism, witches, and the 1980s.
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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