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.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Spring Break


What this teacher does on spring break.
1. Get taxes ready for tax preparer. Want to know how many trips I took on behalf of Invisible Sisters in 2009? A lot.
2. Do stuff like assemble the composter and weed the backyard. Yay!
3. Read. Read. Read. Also yay! What's on the list?
Oh, several things, but here are two top picks that I wish I could just inhale, but then I wouldn't get to wallow in them. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. Changing My Mind by Zadie Smith.
4. Syllabi for next quarter. Oh, later. At the end of break, maybe.


(Pic fm "Garden Guide Biz/uk.)
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1 comments:

Collin Kelley said...

I'm doing my taxes on Easter Sunday. Seems fitting somehow.

April 2, 2010 4:21 PM

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