May 13, 2009 by info.

This is why I miss New York.

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May 13, 2009 by info.

In case you haven’t heard, I’ve been picked to be an Annenberg Fellow at the University of Southern California. So Bud, Cole and I will be heading there in August for me to go back to school and get an MA in arts journalism. This is big, scary news: I’m not looking forward to moving, and it’s breaking my heart to try to sell our Miami house (we’ll rent it if we can’t get a good deal). But I’m honored to have received this fellowship, looking forward to spending some time studying, and excited about being in LA, near Mom and family.

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May 13, 2009 by info.

Quote of the day, from The New York Times, regarding Rocco Landesman’s appointment as NEA chief: “It’s potentially the best news the arts community in the United States has had since the birth of Walt Whitman,” said the playwright Tony Kushner.

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April 30, 2009 by info.

I really think we’re overreacting. I hope I’m not proved wrong.

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April 29, 2009 by info.

One of my fellow NEA fellows (who’s actually not a fellow but a gal), MiChelle Jones, wrote a nice blog about Mamarama today. It hadn’t even occurred to me that Mother’s Day is coming, and Mamarama would make a perfect present! Buy it here.

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April 28, 2009 by info.

Two days of an outhouse?! I’ve been selected to be an artist in residence at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which, as many of you know, is my favorite stomping grounds. Bud, Cole, and I will be there July 5 -18, living in a cabin in the woods, no running water or electricity. I’m anxious for the getaway, and thankful to be offered such a peaceful place to write.

I will have more exciting fellowship news for you soon … stay tuned.

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April 28, 2009 by info.

I opted out of the EMP Pop conference as it overlapped with the NEA Institute. Wish I could have cloned myself because as Steven Shaviro posts in his Pinocchio Theory blog, sounds like there was a lot of good stuff (albeit heavily in need of dejargoning).

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April 27, 2009 by info.

I was driving around with Cole the other day, enjoying being together after being separated for 13 days. He said, “By the way, I’m going goth.” I had to ask him a couple times to make sure I heard him right. He’s only 6, remember. Yes, apparently he’s decided to start wearing black clothes and ghostly makeup. I asked him where he got this idea from: school? His sister? TV? Finally, he admitted: He got it from me.

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April 26, 2009 by info.

Sorry, it’s a misleading headline. In fact, the NEA institute for theater writing was transcendent. Director Sasha Anawalt is a genius at casting and directing; she has the cutest, firmest stage manager in Captain Freckles (aka Arianna Sikorski); and the 23 fellows were a smart, creative ensemble. I can’t recommend this program enough. Though I have to say, the pace was grueling. Bravo! Encore!

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April 17, 2009 by info.

I’m in LA for 11 days for the NEA Arts Journalism Institute on Theater and Musical Theater Writing. It’s exhausting but amazing. Today we learned how to dance Bob Fosse style with an original Chorus Line dancer. Nicely, my Roni Size interview will be in the LA Times tomorrow; catch it online.

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