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.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Halloween - we take it seriously around here
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Southern Literature Sunday Afternoon (November 6th)
I'm blushing to be included in the "literature" category, but Sam said it, not me. Come on over to Whole World Theater on November 6th. You'll get to hear selections from Sam Starnes' tremendous new novel, Fall Line, the gifted Anthony Grooms, and I'll try and hold up my end.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Looking forward to reading in....
Whew! Workshops and readings coming up next week and the week after Tampa, Charlotte , Atlanta , and Greenville, SC .
Better get the car tuned up, and redo some tunes for the car.
So excited! See you there?
Better get the car tuned up, and redo some tunes for the car.
So excited! See you there?
Funambulism
Funamulism is high-wire walking. Like Philippe Petit, the "Man on Wire," or the Flying Wallendas, who tightrope walked Georgia's Tallulah Gorge when I was a kid.
Above is a photo of Petit, preparing to walk between two of the World Trade Center Towers.
Funambulist, ce'st moi. My motto? Don't look down.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Friday reads - I'll Tell the World!
What are you reading? Looking for suggestions on what to read next? I know just the place to tell the world, as my grandmother used to say - it's Friday Reads! here .
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
On e-Readers...
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