Susan
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"www.LitPark.com "
Female
41 years old
NEW YORK
United States
Last Login:
5/14/2008
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Susan's Interests
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| General | "you have not lived a perfect day...unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you." - ruth smeltzer
"and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same." - marianne williamson
| | Music | nicole atkins and the sea, lauryn hill, daby toure, cameron mcgill, chuck brown and the soul searchers, steve earle, ben folds, lucinda williams, dmx, gipsy kings, jeff buckley, terra naomi, john hiatt, the fairfield four, puccini, badly drawn boy, system of a down, regina spektor, jay-z, pete yorn, freddie mercury | | Movies | waiting for guffman, withnail and i, lost in translation, princess bride, deconstructing harry, raising arizona, butch cassidy and the sundance kid, midnight cowboy, crouching tiger hidden dragon, hero | | Television | i don't watch tv and don't even know how to turn it on, but i listen to steelers games, this american life, and all things considered on the radio
| | Books | william maxwell, tim o'brien, homer, dave eggers, denis johnson, neil gaiman, carson mccullers, george saunders, aimee bender, jean toomer, david sedaris, j.m. coetzee, nicole krauss, gabriel garcia marquez, etheridge knight, virgil | | Heroes | desmond tutu, troy polamalu, viktor frankl, nelson mandela, robert sobukwe
I thought it would be fun to run some photos of my friends here since they're all on MySpace, and you can check them out.
me, Mr. H, Versailles
me, Mr. H, Candy
Roy Kesey, my kids, me on the Great Wall. (Click here if you need to see photos of me waxing Kesey's legs.)
Kathy, me, Kenny
me, Ritchie
me, Tish Cohen
Pia, me, Gail
me, Carrie (HarperPerennial), Josh at KGB
Bunch of writers, but most importantly: Robin Slick in the rock-star sunglasses and Ellen Meister in the green button-up.
Neil
The oh-so-fabulous Tommy Kane
Aida, me
My kiddos, Bronx Opera (Bartered Bride)
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Susan's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Zodiac Sign: | Aries | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | Grad / professional school | |
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Susan is reading Xujun Eberlein and Jay Allison.
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Susan's Latest Blog Entry
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LitPark Monthly Wrap: Faking Confidence.
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LitPark Interview: Anthony Tognazzini
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LitPark Question of the Month: A Peek inside Your World
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Winners in Charles Shaughnessy’s Morning Song Contest
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LitPark Monthly Wrap: Erickson, Horsley, Carlip & more.
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About me:
SUSAN HENDERSON is the recipient of an Academy of American Poets award and a grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation. She recently helped judge the "20-Minute Stories Contest" at McSweeney's. Her work has appeared in Zoetrope, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, North Dakota Quarterly, Bellevue Literary Review, South Dakota Review, The MacGuffin, Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies (nominated for a Pushcart Prize, 2004), North Atlantic Review, The Green Hills Literary Lantern, Opium, Other Voices, Amazon Shorts (nominated for a Pushcart Prize, 2006), The World Trade Center Memorial, The Future Dictionary of America (McSweeney's Books, 2004), The Best American Non-Required Reading (Houghton Mifflin, 2007), and Not Quite What I Was Planning (HarperPerennial, 2008). She blogs at LitPark.com, and occasionally at Huffington Post and Brad Listi's The Nervous Breakdown. Her husband is a costume designer, filmmaker, and tenured professor. They live in NY with their two boys.
   
Click here to see something inspiring from Dave Eggers. And I have video of my kids horsing around at open mic over on YouTube. You can click to see them playing Queen, Clapton, The Beatles, The Who, and Pink Floyd. Enjoy!
My blog - LITPARK.com:
Guests of LitPark include bestselling authors Neil Gaiman, Lemony Snicket, and Kate Gale; The New Yorker cover artist, Peter de Seve; musicians David Habbin, Blackmore's Night, and School of Rock's Paul Green. But LitPark is mostly about the community of writers, readers and artists and what they have to say in the comments section. Stop by and introduce yourself!
Some good books written by family members:
A few friends I hope you'll check out:
This is the website and blog for my amazingly talented (and hot as anything) book cover designer, Tommy Kane, who is responsible for these:
  
 
Two of my soccer teammates, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and singer Candice Night, have a cool website full of their music right here. Or click here to see a cute video of Ritchie from his Deep Purple days.
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Who I'd like to meet:
authors, editors, booksellers, comedians, songwriters, people who love books, people who interest me for one reason or another--all are welcome here.
P.S. How sweet is this? From my friend, Brian McEntee:
I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
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