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Bravo for Writing a Greek-American Memoir
On my lunch break one afternoon I met a man from Greece at a coffee shop. He had been born in Greece, but currently resides in New York. He didn’t have the thick Greek accent that would’ve indicated...
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Quotes about Place
Every story involves place, whether real, imagined, or seemingly absent. Place isn’t just a physical location, it’s a feeling, a memory, a metaphor, a symbol. My writing has always centered around...
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The Distance Between Me and Me
I recently workshopped a new memoir chapter I had been working on, and it wasn’t until after I left the workshop that it occurred to me that perhaps the distinction between the author and the...
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Thesis!!
I’ve got army print nail polish on to tackle my thesis!! Filed under: Writing Tagged: beauty, my writing
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Life after the MFA
As thesis submission deadline approached, people began asking me what I was planning on doing after graduation. Then they’d stop themselves, afraid they may have asked too painful of a question. But...
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Writing Wednesday: Publication Therapy
The other day I was updating my submissions spreadsheet. Yes, I’m that big of a nerd. The spreadsheet tracks the articles, essays, and other creative works I’ve written, so at a quick glance I can tell...
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I Am One in 20 Million
I just read in Shelf Awareness that Goodreads has reached 20 million readers. While that number itself is impressive, even more astonishing is the fact that in this past year alone they had doubled...
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Writing Wednesday: Choosing the Right Writing Tools
Alison Nastasi recently posted a great article on Flavorwire entitled “The Writing Tools of 20 Famous Authors.” Critics have long had a disproportionate fascination with Jack Kerouac’s implementation...
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What a Difference Five Years Make
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” ~Lao Tzu While looking for a receipt the other day, I stumbled across one of my old diaries. I knew better than to open it. Every time I clean...
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I’m Reading from My Memoir at The Penny Farthing
I’m super excited to share with you that I’m reading this upcoming Monday, June 2, 2014, with one of my favorite groups and venues! That’s right — I’m reading at Beyond the Mic, a C3 Storytellers...
View ArticleCalendar Girl
Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: I’m a calendar girl. That’s right. I am one of the featured authors in the 2019 Hobart Festival of Women Writers calendar. The inaugural calendar features...
View ArticleThe Mad Are Holy: Mental Health in Ginsberg’s “Howl”
So excited to share with you that Geez published my essay “The Mad Are Holy” in their current issue about the poetics of resistance. I explore how Allen Ginsberg’s seminal poem “Howl” was met with...
View ArticleI’m September’s Featured Reader at the Forest Hills Library
I will be the featured reader at the Open Mic and Reading Series at the Forest Hills Library in Queens (108-19 71 Avenue, Queens, NYC) on September 26, 2019, at 6:30pm. Here’s a bit about the series:...
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