I write fiction and nonfiction about science and medicine. My work has appeared in TIME, Discover, Reuters, Smithsonian, and many other publications.
Oakland, CA
Joined May 2009
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"... in a cultural climate hostile to Black creators, we need 'How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice and Skill,' edited by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown...in this anthologized collaboration with the Hurston/Wright Foundation." bostonglobe.com/2023/06/29/a…
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Amazing writing! Drinks! Great folks! All that & more at @sfgrotto Reading & Meeting this Fri 5/19, 5pm. Oh, & it's free, too! Featuring:
😍@TerryTierney14
😍@rche_type
😍@maxineschur
😍@Karlabrundage
😍@audrey_ferber
Laird Harrison retweeted
BIPOC Suspense Ala Big Little Lies meets Such a Fun Age. Will appeal to readers of Finlay Donovan.
#Moodpitch #Suspense
ALT San Francisco, Female Friendship, Car Crash. Working mom.
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We have rituals for mourning loved ones who are gone, but how do we grieve for the places we've cherished and lost? @LairdH searches for answers after his family's cabin burns down. From "You Are Here," a column by Alta Journal and @sfgrotto. trib.al/AD89eKi
Laird Harrison retweeted
After a family cabin burns down, @LairdH finds himself grieving for a place.
From You Are Here, a column by Alta and @sfgrotto. trib.al/19nsRJj
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A HEARTY WELCOME to the #RootedAndWritten2022 class of #BIPOC #writers! Today is Day 1 of a weeklong program of free #writingworkshops, speakers, readings, & community. @sfgrotto #fellowship #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #creativewriting
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On May 19: an interesting (hopefully!) panel about being blind, Deaf or mobility-disabled and also being a writer. Three of us discussing our vastly different takes on inaccurate representation, publishing, obstacles and overcoming all of the above! Register if interested.
Please tune into a panel discussion on writing and disability I helped organize through the Bay Area chapter of the @AuthorsGuild. The stellar panelists include @rachel_zemach, Denise Sherer Jacobson and Ali Chiu: authorsguild.us10.list-manag….
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Come sign up for a webinar about writing and disabilities! It should be really interesting to listen to :)
Please tune into a panel discussion on writing and disability I helped organize through the Bay Area chapter of the @AuthorsGuild. The stellar panelists include @rachel_zemach, Denise Sherer Jacobson and Ali Chiu: authorsguild.us10.list-manag….
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We are hiring!! Could you be our next executive director? linkedin.com/jobs/view/execu…
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The highly infectious Delta variant raises the bar for herd immunity, yet 11% to 14% of Americans say they don’t want to be vaccinated if they have a choice — 10% of them want to ‘wait and see’ what pans out. @WebMD @LairdH geneticliteracyproject.org/2…
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Launch Your Literary Opportunities with LinkedIn starts 6/9/21! #Writers, reserve your seat at sfgrotto.org/events/launch-y…?
#WritingCommnunity #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram #professionaldevelopment #literary #AuthorThings #AuthorLife #writerslife #workshop
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I have a poem in the latest issue of .@DoorIsAJarMag. Read it here, and consider getting the full issue if you can!
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Congratulations to Dallas Woodburn, who just announced that her next YA novel, THANKS, CARISSA, FOR RUINING MY LIFE, will be published by Immortal Works Publishing @immortalworks. Dallas' stack of published works is growing!
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On Mar 15, 7pm PST, join .@k_seligman (AT THE EDGE OF THE HAIGHT) in conversation with Roselle Lim (NATALIE TAN'S BOOK OF LUCK AND FORTUNE, set in Chinatown) & Hilary Zaid (PAPER IS WHITE, Dot.com-era San Francisco) about use of setting in fiction
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So thrilled to announce our amazing Board of Advisors at the Prison Journalism Project. We are so honored & grateful to have this esteemed group of leaders in journalism, academia and criminal justice guide us to the next level. Please welcome PJP's Board! prisonjournalismproject.org/…
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'A vital voice that is formally experimental, deeply lyrical and ultimately liberating' -- Grotto poet .@Pscripturient's first book of poems, Mother Tongue Apologize reviewed by .@trampset! Read more here trampset.org/book-review-mot…
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Time travel is real & Will knows how it works. A hired gun is sent from 2035 to get his secret, but nothing will change the fact that Will is a nonverbal nine-year-old. His alcoholic mother & her future sober self must find him before damage is done. The clock is ticking.
#PitMad