I write and write and write. And sometimes teach writing. And often read good writing.
Music
Red Hot Juba, Jazz Mandolin Project, Grisman and Garcia
Movies
One of these days, one of my books will be made into a movie with Eddie Vedder singing the theme song, or did Sean Penn already steal that idea? Otherwise, Harold and Maude, Benny and Joon.
Television
Everyday Italian with Giada.
Books
Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera, Atwood's Cat's Eye, Naslund's Abundance, Cook's The Girl from Charnelle, Minot's Evening.
Heroes
Grace Paley, bless her. A radical writer who was completely herself. And Flannery O'Connor. And, of course, HR.
Ellie's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Lincoln
Body type:
Average
Ethnicity:
Other
Religion:
Other
Zodiac Sign:
Gemini
Smoke / Drink:
No / Yes
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
Post grad
Occupation:
Prof/Writer
Ellie's Schools
Spalding University
Louisville, KY
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Other
Major: Fiction, CNF, W4C
Clubs: I'm a prof in the MFA in Writing program.
2001 to Present
Vermont College
Montpelier, VT
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Fiction
Clubs: MFA in Writing
About me: I'm a writer living in the wilds of Vermont with bobcat and fisher cats and foxes and cilantro-munching woodchucks. Bear amble through the wild raspberries, deer peer in the windows, coyotes party at midnight, hawks swoop for field mice, and moose forage along the stone wall. I once witnessed a bullmoose mating with a young cow while the mother looked on. It was not pretty. I also like an occasional field trip to Fenway. Nothing like Sweet Caroline in the seventh inning stretch.
I teach at Spalding University in Louisville. Check out our MFA in Writing program.
My new nonfiction book, WHILE IN DARKNESS THERE IS LIGHT is now available.
Below are some of my published books and anthologies in which my work appears. For more details, visit my webpage at Louella Bryant or Ellie's House.
Who I'd like to meet: The Dalai Lama, Eddie Vedder, J.K. Rowling (saw her in June at Harvard), Michael Chabon, Susan Minot, Charlie Rose, Stephen Colbert, Terry Gross.
Hey, how do people know my birthday? Not that I mind. Very sweet. I'll drink my own OJ and vodka mix on my b-day! Across the pond it will be...looking forward to it.
Thanks for the report, Ellie. I wish I could say I've used my "leisure" time to write, but a long-lived stomach virus and the machinations around Dad's alzheimer's have left me no minutes to spare. Hope your students are all fabulous and your bags are packed :-) xxx Lou
Be careful kissing those ankles, Cutie -- I just got a new anklet with long- beaked kiwi on it! Have to have something to show for my trip down under, right? And speaking of neat sites, you sure learn fast. Yours looks great, slide show included! xx Lou
