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.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Thrill to the Magnetic Girl, March 19th! Plus, Gullah elders and a look at the Atlanta Child Murders


I lifted this from the Bound to Be Read Books newsletter, but it's okay. They're my friends. And they know where I live.

SPECIAL EVENT!

Women Who Run with Words, Sat., March 19 at 3:00 PM

Local writers Jessica Handler, Althea Sumpter, and Lee Furey will discuss the challenges they face as women writing about history, how stories come to them, what they do when confronted with "black holes" in the evidence, and strategies they use to honor their subjects while avoiding the temptation to over-simplify the stories at hand.

Handler will focus on a new novel she is writing about Lulu Hurst, "the Magnetic Girl"; Sumpter will discuss the daunting process of documenting the oral histories of the Coosawhatchie community elders, in particular that of Lena Chisolm; Furey will discuss her analysis of Toni Cade Bambara's book about the Atlanta Child Murders, Those Bones are Not My Child.

Don't miss this opportunity to meet and learn from three authors at once! Whether you are a writer or not, this workshop-styled event promises to be interesting, entertaining and informative. Best of all, it's free and open to everyone!


Photo fm The New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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