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Jill Starishevsky left a comment for Alissa Quart
Hi Alissa,
I wanted to connect with you and ask for your feedback. I recently did my first on-camera interview for the children's book on child sexual abuse prevention that I wrote, My Body Belongs to Me. Please let me know what you think when…
Alissa Quart left a comment for Hillary Rosner
August 15th. I think he'll be in Boulder at the beginning of October.
Hillary Rosner left a comment for Alissa Quart
that's great--i'd love to get together. when is the tour? email me: mail@hillaryr.net
when are you headed to cambridge?
Alissa Quart left a comment for Hillary Rosner
Hey Hillary,
I think we'll be going to Boulder for Peter's book tour. Maybe we can hang out. Let's talk.
Q
Alissa Quart left a comment for Kamy Wicoff
Hi Kamy,
Yes, so sorry we didn't get to meet at the salon. I was away. Hope there will be another one soon! Maybe we could get together some time with Deb before I leave for Cambridge.
AQ
Kamy Wicoff left a comment for Alissa Quart
Hi Alissa! I am so glad you are here and part of SHE WRITES. I have heard such amazing things about you from Deborah and of course your work speaks for itself. I have Hothouse Kids on order (from our store of course) and can't wait to read…
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- Who I am:
- www.alissaquart.com
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers (Basic, 2003)
Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child (Penguin Press, 2006)
Dirt: The Quirks, Habits and Passions of Keeping House (Seal, 2009)
Only Child (Random House, 2007)
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- In the last few months I have written for and am writing for Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times, Newsweek and Men's Journal
- My writing is:
- Nonfiction, Journalism
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- Yes
- Services I offer to other writers:
- I teach at Columbia Journalism School and I have taught classes for non-profits and at other colleges and universities on everything from "the journalism of ideas" to writing and reporting on youth culture to writing and reporting on popular culture
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- Yes, two
- My professional associations:
- Columbia Journalism Review, columnist and contributing editor
Nieman Fellow, 2009-2010, Harvard University
Mother Jones, contributing writer
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, adjunct professor
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 12:09pm on June 6, 2010,
Jill Starishevsky said…
- Hi Alissa,
I wanted to connect with you and ask for your feedback. I recently did my first on-camera interview for the children's book on child sexual abuse prevention that I wrote, My Body Belongs to Me. Please let me know what you think when you have some time.
Thanks in advance.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/talking-kids-sexual-abuse-10255396
Jill Starishevsky
Author, My Body Belongs to Me
www.MyBodyBelongstoMe.com
- At 1:33pm on July 12, 2009,
Hillary Rosner said… - that's great--i'd love to get together. when is the tour? email me: mail@hillaryr.net
when are you headed to cambridge?
- At 5:01pm on July 2, 2009,
Shira Tarrant said… - Hi Alissa. Glad we can be She Writes friends. Dirt grabbed my attention a few days ago. Since then I keep seeing more contributors whose work I really like. Yours seals the deal. I'm buying the book today!
- At 7:04pm on July 1, 2009,
Kamy Wicoff said… - Hi Alissa! I am so glad you are here and part of SHE WRITES. I have heard such amazing things about you from Deborah and of course your work speaks for itself. I have Hothouse Kids on order (from our store of course) and can't wait to read it.
Hope you find this a good place to be and that you give us feedback on anything you would like to see here that isn't...
warm best
Kamy
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