driving around, paddling in the sea, ADD CEOs, farmstands, roses, grounded/humble/one-with-everything etc., peonies, hand-sewn lingerie, he-men, Niki de St. Phalle, wilderness, love, truth, naps, outmaneuvering the patriarchy, sleeping in a room where you can't hear any cars. That laugh. Talent & spirit that let themselves expand and shine. Presents. Theta waves. Planets. Stories that are embodied beyond just being books.
Music
it's gonna save me from your dirty dealings. Also, something in 7/4, deep yet catchy.
Movies
The Shining, Magnolia, Some Like It Hot
Television
The Wire. Good Morning Agrestic.
Books
This Is Not Chick Lit is a celebration of America’s most dynamic literary voices, as well as a much-needed reminder that, for every stock protagonist with a designer handbag and three boyfriends, there is a woman writer pushing the envelope of literary fiction with imagination, humor, and depth.
Girly is Elizabeth Merrick’s acclaimed first novel, an epic which investigates the intersection of women’s spirituality and sexuality through the compelling saga of Hart family.
Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, Faulkner, Alan Moore, the Nag Hammadi
Heroes
Grace Merrick, Margaret Cho, the color pink, betch
Elizabeth Merrick is the founder and director of the Grace Reading Series and editor of forthcoming Random House anthology This Is Not Chick Lit.
Elizabeth Merrick founded the Grace Reading Series to support and celebrate women writers.
Elizabeth Merrick's Companies
Grace Reading Series NYC , NY US Founder/Director www.gracereadingseries.com
Elizabeth's Workshops NYC, NY US Founder www.elizabethsworkshops.com
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Elizabeth Merrick is the Editor of the Random House anthology This Is Not Chick Lit, and author of Girly, a novel.
Elizabeth has appeared in national and regional media such as Elle,Jane, USA Today, the LA Times and Time Out New York.
She received a B.A. from Yale, an M.F.A. from Cornell, and an M.A. in Creativity and Art Education from San Francisco State as well as fellowships from the Saltonstall Foundation, Ragdale Foundation, and VCCA.
She has taught at New York University and Cornell, and currently lives in New York where she runs the Grace Reading Series which she founded in 2005.
Who I'd like to meet: Gordon Ramsay. Logan Echolls. Jemaine. Stottlemeyer.
Elizabeth. GIRLY is puissant. I actually thought more vintage Gil Sorrentino, sixties ethos than Pessl or Egan, or whoever du jour. Which is why it's magnificent. Bless you.
Issue 1 comes to life with Darby Larson's "Electroencephalography" where an experiment in robot-building goes terribly awry. And if you've ever woken up with an unexpected physical deformity—say, an arrow in your heart—you'll truly enjoy the next story. There's also a smattering of flash fiction and psychedelia; a straight-out story where things aren't what they seem, poetry that takes you from the perverse to the sublime, some magic realism, science fiction, and a few letters to another species thrown in for good measure. We haven't forgotten those of you with a literary bent. In addition, the artwork in this issue is particularly strong, with oil paintings, watercolors, photography, and photo illustrations complementing the words with which they are paired.
