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*I taped a segment of Fox Business News’ “Three Things” on Top Money Drains
*I’m a judge in the Press 53 Open Awards Writing Contest for Creative Non Fiction
*I’m quoted in a CNN Article about Valentine’s Day: Holiday from hell
*I’m quoted in a Mediabistro article, “Blog to Raise Your Book’s Profile”
*I’m quoted in a New York Times article about Virtual Blog Tours.
*WNYC Brian Lehr’s show appearance
*Newsday mentions my essay in
*My essay “Night Work” (excerpted from my forthcoming memoir), originally published in The Mississippi Review, is a Notable 2006 Best American Essay.
* Brooklyn Record’s Brooklyn-ite of the Week
*storysouth’s Million Writer’s Award Notable Story, 2005 for my essay, “Night Work” (Mississippi Review)
*Awarded the Hawthorne Books scholarship for the annual Tin House Summer Writers Workshop
*Notable story mention in StorySouth’s Million Writers Award of 2004
*Rachel Bussel interviews me for Gothamist
*A kind review of my short story “The Business of Leaving” which was included in the Homewrecker anthology
The Detroit Metro Times mentions my short story “The Business of Leaving” which was included in the Homewrecker anthology
*2005 Pushcart Prize Nomination for my short story “Holiday” published in Drunken Boat
*December-January 2005 All Things Girl’s proud Cover Girl
*Joanna Rakoff writes about my life experiences in a New York Times Article 6.6.04
*Guest speaker at UPENN’s Kelly Writers House
*Identity Theory’s Featured Author
*Guest editor at the Adirondack Review, Summer 2002
*Guest editor at stirring, January 2004
Published Articles/Reviews/Essays
*Interview: Singer/Songwriter Lizzy Grant on Cheap Thrills, Elvis, The Flamingos, Trailer Parks, and Coney Island in The Huffington Post
*“When Did Being Drunk Become a Badge of Honor?” in The Huffington Post
*“Escape the Church of Corn” in The Huffington Post
*“But I Don’t Feel White” in The Huffington Post
*“How to Survive the Holidays Without Bludgeoning Your Family with the Turkey” in The Huffington Post
*“This Brownie Will Save Your Life” in The Huffington Post
*“Prevent the Best Friend Bust-Up” in The Huffington Post
*“Mother Love Not Required” in The Huffington Post
*An excerpt from my memoir on The Huffington Post
*My essay “Desperate Creatures” appears in the Doubleday anthology,
Published Fiction/Memoir Excerpts
Pindeldyboz #6
Ballyhoo Stories
Redivider
(Soft Skull, 2005)
Swink Magazine
Post Road Magazine
Mississippi Review (both print/online)
Kitchen Sink Magazine
Hobart
Drunken Boat
Word Riot
Identity Theory
The Oklahoma Review
The Adirondack Review
Insolent Rudder
EM Literary Review
Carve Magazine
Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood
SoapBox Girls
Book Reviews & Author Interviews
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Rain Taxi Review of Books (Print)
Rain Taxi (Online)
Web Del Sol’s In Posse Review
Venus Zine
The Cocaine Chronicles
The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains, Elevators, and Waiting Rooms
A Carnivore’s Inquiry by Sabina Murray
Animal Crackers by Hannah Tinti
A Girl Becomes A Comma Like That by Lisa Glatt
Wake Up, Sir! by Jonathan Ames
The Sleeping Father by Matthew Sharpe
Interview with Nicole Krauss
Interview with Vendela Vida
Interview with Jancee Dunn
Interview with Scott Snyder
Interview with Danielle Trussoni
Reading Divas (Book Review)
Reading Divas (Article)
Soap Box Girls
Speaking Engagements
I have given talks/guest lectures at: Bennington College, The New York Center for Independent Publishing, AWP (Associated Writer Programs), Mediabistro (workshop), The NYC Writer’s Coalition, NAIBA, among others.
Places Where My Writing Has/Will Be Read
KGB Lambs to The Slaughter Series, Remote Lounge , Freebird Books, The Telephone Bar Reading Series, East Side Oral Reading Series , Poetz.com at the Knitting Factory, Ear Inn Reading Series , Sunday Salon Reading Series, Junno’s Reading Series, Halcyon, KGB BAR, Magnetic Field Reading Series, Barbes Reading Series , Happy Ending Reading Series, Atomic Reading Series, 65 Hope Street Gallery Reading Series, Mo Pitkin’s.