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.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Hittin' the Road


Week after next, Charlottesville! I've admired the Virginia Festival of the Book from afar for several years, and this year, I get to play, too! Lots of great panels, activities, readings, and if we're lucky, we'll squeeze in a side trip to Jefferson's home, Monticello

Then a reading at Gettysburg College, and a visit with some terrific friends.

Shortly after that, Southern Kentucky Book Festival in Bowling Green. Pretty name for a place, huh? Yes!
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2 comments:

Meredith Leigh Knight said...

Love the photo. My husband's family is from Bowling Green. Nice place. Good luck on the road!

March 7, 2010 10:08 PM
jessica handler said...

Thanks, Meredith! (I didn't take the picture while driving, I swear.)

Tell your husband's family to come on over to the Fest!

Thanks for reading.

March 8, 2010 8:35 AM

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