News
Dr. Njoki McElroy's 1012 Natchez Now Available
Garret member Dr. Nojki McElroy's book 1012 Natchez: A Memoir of Grace, Hardship, And Love is now available from Dallas-based Brown Books. Of the book, reviewer Kathy Edwards writes: "none can deny the authenticity of her perspective. McElroy calls it as she sees it... [t]he details of her story introduce us to people and culture that might otherwise be forgotten." For more information, and to read an excerpt from 1012 Natchez, please visit Dr. Njoki McElroy's website: http://www.njokimcelroy.com.
Recent Publications And Accomplishments By Garret Authors
Drema Berkheimer (CAMP):
• "Mr. Pursley's World" [memoir excerpt] in Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal (Volume 29: January - March 2010).
• "was" [poetry] in Southern Women's Review (Volume 2, No. 2: January, 2010).
• "Gypsy Skirt" [memoir excerpt] forthcoming in Persimmon Tree (March, 2010).
Susannah Charleson (CAMP):
Scent Of The Missing: Love And Partnership With A Search And Rescue Dog [book] is forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (April 14, 2010). Blackstone Audio will release the CD and MP3 versions of Scent Of The Missing coincident with the book's hardcover release, with the author narrating her own work. Thorndike Press will be releasing a large-print edition in the Summer of 2010. There are also currently plans to translate Scent Of The Missing for both Chinese and Polish audiences.
Marcia Cooper (Member / WITS) will be presenting a book review of Ann Patchett's Bel Canto, with with operatic selections, at The Point, Center for Arts and Education at C. C. Young, on Friday, March 5, 2010, at 3 PM. She will also be leading a Reader's Theater Workshop at The Point later in the Spring.
Holly Korbey (CAMP) received an Honorable Mention in the Glimmer Train Short-Story Award For New Writers.
Claudia Meyer's (CAMP) poem "The Elemental Mental State" has been selected by Naomi Shihab Nye to appear in a forthcoming issue of The Texas Observer.
Joe Milazzo (Director of Community Education and Outreach):
• Excerpt, Visions Of A Mexican Wrestler [novel], in Drunken Boat (11).
• "Slow Studies [Retarde Los Estudios Lento]", "Record Of An Easter Sunday [Disco De Una Pascua Domingo]", "Bread And Joy [Pão E Alegria]", "A Fisherman's Devotions [Um Pescador Da Devoções]" and "Saudosismo" [poetry], forthcoming in Antennae (11).
Barbara Roth (CAMP):
"Victory Gardens And Tomatoes" [essay / CNF], forthcoming in Forces. Barbara will also reading her work at the Forces launch event to be held at the CCCCD Spring Creek campus on April 21, 2010.
Susan Wildburger (WITS):
"Bringing Up Teenagers" [essay] in the The Dallas Morning News (January 24th, 2010).
Keep up with
The Writer's Garret:
 | |
 | Facebook [Fan Page] |
| Facebook [Group Page] |
 | MySpace |
 | Youtube |
 | Delicious |
 | Scribd |
 | Beyond Words: The Writer's Garret Blog |
| Join Our Mailing List |
