“At first, I thought tarot was a tool for divination, but then I discovered it’s more like a Rorschach inkblot test,” says Gotham’s tarot reading/horoscope believing/creative writing teacher, Kimberlee Auerbach.  “We find meaning where we can.”

As a child, Kimmi moved around a lot.  She was born in Connecticut, moved to Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, New Jersey, New York, and then back to Connecticut, which is good for Kimmi because she is drawn to connections, circles, and tying things together.

Energetic and outgoing as a kid, Kimmi dreamed of being an actress but says, “acting ended up depressing me.”  She dropped out of the theater program she was enrolled in and received her BA from SUNY Purchase.  After college, Kimmi worked as a page at ...
MORE | ARCHIVE Gotham teacher Laurie Sandell has just seen the release of her graphic memoir, The Imposter’s Daughter. (Let’s point out that a graphic memoir is the memoir version of a graphic novel, not a memoir that contains graphic violence or anything else graphic.) It’s the story of how the writer gradually discovered that her father was a con artist extraordinaire, a man whose entire life was essentially a lie. The story began as a short piece in Esquire, which Sandell then transformed into a conventional book, after which she realized she could best tell this story as, well . . . as a graphic memoir.

Here's a one-page glimpse:




Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown Company. For more information on Laurie and here book, visit: lauriesandell.com...
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• Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen: Feiwel and Friends publishers has acquired Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen new YA novel, The Raft, in a two book deal. • Edan Lepucki: Narrative Magazine chose Edan Lepucki's story, "I Am the Lion Now", as Story of the Week, November 2-8. Read it online at narrativemagazine.com • Chip Livingston: Ploughshares (Fall '09 Issue) includes Chip Livingston's essay, "Trashing Andy Warhol." • Jason Schneiderman: Ashland Poetry Press awarded Jason Schneiderman the 2009 Gary Snyder Award, which includes a cash award and publication. • Kerry Cohen: PM Press included an essay by Kerry Cohen in their new anthology My Baby Rides the Short Bus . Buy it online at pmpress.org • Melissa Febos: Ozzie’s Park Slope in Brooklyn, presents Melissa Febos reading with others from their work along themes of Brooklyn and its "wildlife," on November 6th, 7pm, at 57 7th Ave, Brooklyn.