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, September 18, 2011

This Just In: Overstimulation




M & I put down our pens, closed our laptops, and walked over to East Atlanta village for the annual Strut. I wanted to see the aerialist(I was too enthralled to take pictures!) some of the bands, and drink in public, and maybe buy arty jewelry. M wanted to do the same, less the arty jewelry. We did all these things.

And our friends at Bound to Be Read Books won a trophy for their role in the parade! The trophy includes a plastic alligator, an astronaut, a brooch with fake fur, and part of a lamp, I think.
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1 comments:

Collin Kelley said...

Saturday was my birthday so the only strutting I did was from the bed to the couch and then to a poets dinner. Glad the B2BR won the trophy. I love those guys.

September 19, 2011 2:36 PM

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