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I'm a fiction writer, fiction editor, former staffer at The New Yorker, Forbes Inc, and New York Times Custom Publishing. My editorial work has appeared in a variety of magazines (all of the way from Maxim to Good Housekeeping). My copy writing has been featured in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Condé Nast Traveler.
I am the recipient of scholarships to Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (a difficult award to get) and Summer Literary Seminars in Russia.
I've been anthologized in four times. My nonfiction has been praised in The New York Times. My work as an editor was lauded in Esquire.
I have an MFA from Columbia University and a screenplay of mine was once optioned by a major film production company.
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Cornelia Street Cafe: Reading Tomorrow, December 16th
I’m doing a reading on the 16th at Cornelia Street Cafe along with Thaddeus Rutkowski and Alison Summers. From the Cornelia Street PR: Meakin Armstrong will read his short story “Gigantic” Meakin Armstrong is a screenwriter, magazine editor, fiction editor … Continue reading
“Desires” A Reading at the Cornelia Street Cafe
Last night’s reading at Happy Ending was great, but it’s on to a new one this coming Tuesday: DESIRES: A READING AT The Cornelia Street Café Tuesday, February 19th, 6:00 PM 29 Cornelia Street 212-989-9319 It’s a great little place … Continue reading
Reading: MR. Beller’s Neighborhood, Feb 14th
I’m giving a reading for MR. BELLER’S NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES AT HAPPY ENDING, FEBRUARY 14 I’ve been asked to read with the writers for the Webby Award-nominated Web site Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood on Thursday, February 14th. From the publicity for … Continue reading
I’ll be in Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood on the 14th
I’ve been asked to participate in a reading tomorrow, the 14th. It’s for the Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood Reading series, at the Happy Ending Lounge on 302 Broome Street, at the intersection of Broome Street and Forsyth Streets. Before going into … Continue reading
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Reposting: 2007 Bread Loaf waiters are doing a reading
It’s called the “Orphan Reading” because, well, it’s a long story. Anyway, many of the 2007 work-study scholars, writers who received a “waitership” from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, are having a reading during AWP, the big writers’ conference, convention, and … Continue reading
2007 Bread Loaf waiters are doing a reading
It’s called the “Orphan Reading” because, well, it’s a long story. Anyway, many of the 2007 work-study scholars, writers who received a “waitership” from Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, are having a reading during AWP, the big writers’ conference, convention, and … Continue reading
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Post-Loaf
Other than the exceptions I’ve noted before, I’d wondered why former waiters never wrote down the details on the Bread Loaf experience. I now know: it’s because it’s all a blur. A beautiful blur. Like traveling on a very fast … Continue reading
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A Bread Loaf Waiter’s Life for Me
I’d hoped to blog a bit from Bread Loaf. I’d hoped to document the “waitership” experience. No go. Too much is going on and too much to comment upon. But I have got to say: except for Dave Koch’s account … Continue reading
Waiting tables at Bread Loaf, 2007
It just doesn’t have a ring to it–hey, I’m going to Bread Loaf! I’m going to be a waiter! Usual Response: Uh, cool. You’re waiting tables at a bakery? Me: That’s the name of the mountain! It’s a writers’ conference! … Continue reading
