I got to spend the afternoon with some of the most interesting people I've met all summer; the members of the blogging workshop I taught (ha! all I did was wind up some ideas, they did the rest!) at Vox today.
This was entirely worth putting on shoes and eyeliner for. (Note that I've been on vacation for a week, and writing, which renders me sub-human.)
Topics included volunteering in Haiti, how young is too young to be dancing inappropriately at parties (um, five is too young, you betcha) accuracy of graduation statistics in suburban high schools, dancing in a cage (there's more to that one, read their blog, not mine...) social networking safety, media & message, and how to tell if someone's giving out bad advice.
Don't take my word for it - go to the blog regularly and read these voices. They're outstanding, and as a person who actually had a seat given up for her on the MARTA - hey, that gray streak is Sontag-ish, not old - I'm ready to belief these folks can take the reins.
Check the blogroll over there on screen right for some new links to some Vox bloggers! (And thanks, Kel , for calling me out on the bad link!)
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.
1 comments:
It was great getting feedback from you today! I'm very pleased with where my potential blog is going about media & message.
Thank you again for speaking to us!
I just want to note: the link to VOX's blog is http://www.voxrox.org/blog :)
http://www.KelOnENT.blogspot.com
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