"Great interview, Elline. Though I have two sons, I've always read Peggy's writing about girls, keeping my own experience as a girl in mind and how it shaped the choices I made while raising two boys. They are 20 and 21 now, and it is…"
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"I especially appreciate the question and answer about combining so many voices - intimate, social-political, psychological - as women who write and think we do this all the time. Brava to Peggy for writing in this mega-voice and to Elline for…"
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"I love this, you two! Thanks to you both for being here -- wonderful interview, truly. Thanks for sharing thoughts with She Writes!!!"
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Five Questions for ... Cinderella Ate My Daughter Author Peggy Orenstein
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Five Questions for ... Cinderella Ate My Daughter Author Peggy Orenstein
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Elline Lipkin commented on the group 'Becoming a Writing Coach/Consultant'
"Hello to everyone! I completely agree that this could be a great forum to work through the steps -- one per week (at least!) -- since there was so much good material presented."
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Elline Lipkin left a comment for dianejwright
"HI Diane, I will definitely say hello to Hope for you and I completely understand about wanting to meet other writers. I'm still new to LA, so really feel it. I've just finished a long book project, but am looking for ways to make $$ doing…"
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"I won't be in LA to be at Hope's house and am not too happy about that! Was really hoping to connect with more local writers. I'm so pleased she was involved in starting this up so if you do go, maybe give her a hello from me.…"
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"Diane, Thanks so much for posting the gig in Silverlake. Will you be at the get together in LA on Sat? I'd love to meet you! I'm so intrigued by your site -- my background is in poetry/nonfiction but I am trying to branch out quickly now…"
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Elline Lipkin replied to the discussion 'Framing your identity and marketing your work' in the group Writer, PhD*
"HI Heather,
Thanks so much for starting this thread. I'm in the same boat -- I'd love to build a website for myself and have had the very same worries -- how to present both sides of my (related) but bifurcated personality as a writer?…"
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"Hi Elline, Not so sure how to navigate myself -- still figuring it out! Debbie Siegel suggested that I get in touch with you. From your profile, it looks like you are doing really interesting work. I am getting ready to start a new discussion on…"
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For writer/academics, post-academic writers, and all variations in between. *PhD not necessarily required.
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"Heather,
This is brilliant -- thanks so much for thinking of me. Still new to the site, so I'm not sure how to join the group. If I can't figure it out will write back. But I'm EXACTLY at this crossroads myself right now -- would…"
Profile Information
- Who I am:
- I tweet at @girlsstudies.com. Website coming soon as well as tumblr site about contemporary girlhood in America. I'm an academic, poet, nonfiction writer, editor, sometimes journalist, and creative writing mentor -- the usual mix demanded of multi-tasking freelancers with too many interests but who can't imagine doing only one thing!
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- The Errant Thread, published by Kore Press and selected by Eavan Boland for their First Book Award.
Girls' Studies published in November 2009 by Seal Press. This book offers a critical look at the fast-rising field of girls' studies and examines how girls are gendered within contemporary American culture.
My essay "The Active Blank: The White Space Speaks" is just out in Mentor and Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets, published by Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.
My essay "Something Old, Something New: What's an Indiebride to Do?" is forthcoming from Fashion Talks: Confronting Hegemony with Style," SUNY Press, 2011.
Many individual poems in literary journals.
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- Girl w/Pen and the Ms. magazine blog. www.GirlsStudies.com
- My writing is:
- Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Lit Crit
- Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
- Yes.
- Services I offer to other writers:
- I am available for creative writing consultation: poetry and nonfiction are my specialties.
I am also available for commercial copyediting, line editing, developmental editing, ghostwriting, fact-checking, and proofreading work.
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- No, but always looking for comrades along the path.
- My professional associations:
- I have been a Research Scholar with the Center for the Study of Women at UCLA for the past two years.
Member of the National Women's Studies Association and the MLA and AWP.
Elline Lipkin's Blog
Five Questions for ... Cinderella Ate My Daughter Author Peggy Orenstein
Posted on February 28, 2011 at 10:30pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
Journalist Peggy Orenstein, author of the recently released New York Times bestselling Cinderella Ate My Daughter, among many other books, answers five questions from…
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 6:27pm on September 9, 2009,
dianejwright said… - I won't be in LA to be at Hope's house and am not too happy about that! Was really hoping to connect with more local writers. I'm so pleased she was involved in starting this up so if you do go, maybe give her a hello from me. I'm always happy to pass along any job opp that comes my way. Let me know what you're specifically interested and I'll do my best for you. And watch my site because if it's something that seems to be good for the writing community, I'll post it there. Hopefully I'll be around for the next meetup!
/djw
- At 7:07pm on July 13, 2009,
Heather Hewett said… - Hi Elline, Not so sure how to navigate myself -- still figuring it out! Debbie Siegel suggested that I get in touch with you. From your profile, it looks like you are doing really interesting work. I am getting ready to start a new discussion on Writer, PhD*; there's one already underway (and a more general one on the mssg. board). Would love to hear more about what you're thinking about where you've been and where you'd like to go. -- All best, Heather
- At 6:42pm on July 13, 2009, Heather Hewett said…
- Hi Elline, I've started a group you may be interested in -- Writer, PhD*. Come check it out! We'd love to have you join the conversation. All best, Heather Hewett
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