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All Up In Our Wor(l)ds
The entire premise of Girls Write Now is based on a lie. No, really. It is. It is a sweet fallacy, nurtured with love, but a lie nonetheless. Here’s the thing. These girls? These awesome high school superstars who rock the GWN house with their poetics and their strong, budding voices? Who floor us time and time again, every time we sit down with them and watch what issues forth from their sometimes pink glitter covered pens? They think we are the mentors! I mean. It’s understandable. They…See More
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All Up In Our Wor(l)ds
The entire premise of Girls Write Now is based on a lie. No, really. It is. It is a sweet fallacy, nurtured with love, but a lie nonetheless. Here’s the thing. These girls? These awesome high school superstars who rock the GWN house with their poetics and their strong, budding voices? Who floor us time and time again, every time we sit down with them and watch what issues forth from their sometimes pink glitter covered pens? They think we are the mentors! I mean. It’s understandable. They…See More
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Caroline Berger commented on the blog post 'Tell ME Which Book To Buy For International Women's Day!'
"Just finally got around to reading Natsuo Kirino's Out and could not put it down. Also, one of my favorite memoirs is Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda by Rosamond Halsey Carr. Born in the US but spent 60 years in Africa, mostly…"
Caroline Berger replied to the discussion 'Co-Writing and Ghost-Writing Contracts'
"Hi folks. I have an opportunity to co-write/ghostwrite on an interesting project, and the folks I'm partnering with have no experience in this area, so I'm taking the lead in figuring out how it should work...but I don't really know…"
Julie Jeffs left a comment for Caroline Berger
"Hi Carolline,
Welcome to the Bloggers Let’s Make it Work group! So glad you are here. Please visit the discussion New Members Visit Here First, tell us about your blog so we can list it on the members blog index.
I hope you will find, as I…"
Caroline Berger replied to the discussion 'Tell us which book YOU bought in support of the women of She Writes!'
"I had to go mostly used book because I'm POOR, but I bought (at my awesome local independent bookstore, unnamable books in brooklyn):
1. What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction, Toni Morrison
2. The Collected Writings of Zelda…"
Profile Information
- Who I am:
- BLOGS:
carolineberger.wordpress.com
minimalistsguide.wordpress.com
TWITTER:
ghermangirl
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- Hiram, U.S.A.: Essays from the Hill; The Best of Stain, Volume 2; Best of Vibrant Gray Chapbook.
- My writing is:
- Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Memoir, Blog Posts
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- Yes, books.
- Services I offer to other writers:
- Editing, manuscript consultation, writing workshops.
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- Yes and yes.
- My professional associations:
- AWP
- I found out about She Writes from:
- I don't remember! Maybe Sara Lippman.
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All Up In Our Wor(l)ds
Posted on April 12, 2011 at 6:21am 0 Comments 2 Likes
The entire premise of Girls Write Now is based on a lie.
No, really. It is. It is a sweet fallacy, nurtured with love, but a lie nonetheless.
Here’s the thing. These girls? These awesome high school superstars who rock the GWN house with their poetics and their strong, budding voices? Who floor us time and time again, every time we sit down with them and watch what issues forth from their sometimes pink glitter covered pens? They think we are the mentors!…
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- At 10:57am on November 23, 2009,
Julie Jeffs said… - Hi Carolline,
Welcome to the Bloggers Let’s Make it Work group! So glad you are here. Please visit the discussion New Members Visit Here First, tell us about your blog so we can list it on the members blog index.
I hope you will find, as I did, a great sense of community, loads of information and resources, and an incredible amount of talent.
Jump in on ongoing discussions or start one if there is an issue you would like to discuss.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Look forward to reading your posts.
Warm regards,
Julie Jeffs
Beginning a Life at 50
www.juliejeffs.blogspot.com
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