Lizzie Gets Posted

After numerous nights sans sleep, I’m proud to announce the release of NYC24: BODY, the online news magazine I helped edit and build.
Check it out!
Here’s our press release:
NYC24.com Launches The Body IssueReal stories, reported from New York City
Feb. 15, 2008 — The New Media Workshop at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism announces the latest [...]

AWP Live-Blog

Well, we were going to do a real-live live-blog this year, but were sadly unable to, due to the Hilton’s outrageous prices for Internet.
The convention hall was not rigged with wireless. Fringe was told that it’d cost $870 PER DAY to get a hard line into the convention hall. Clearly, the Hilton is [...]

AWP 2008 Begins

I sidled up to the AWP registration desk in the Hilton at 11:35 am and was told folks couldn’t give out any passes till noon. People milled in the ever-filling lobby, hearing the same line from AWP’s workers.
After nabbing my badge, I headed into the book fair to find Fringe’s table. The bookfair [...]

Countdown to AWP

We’ve got our fliers printed, our mystery freebie in hand, and of course, our Fringe T-shirts pressed and ironed. We’re ready for AWP 2008.
This year the writing conference is at the New York City Hilton, with 7,000 passes sold, according to the conference website.
Can’t make it? Bummed that it was sold out? [...]

Free Documentaries: While the writers strike

In my unending quest to avoid TV, I’ve discovered a new diversion beyond clips and shows from ComedyCentral.com and AdultSwim.com — a friend hipped me to FreeDocumentaries.org.
The site believes that documentaries can effect real world change, and hosts a bajillion excellent movies from the more famous (Born into Brothels, Supersize Me) to the obscure (We [...]

A Tale of Two New Yorks

It is a truly Dickensian tale.
This fall, I spent the semester negotiating both cities. Most mornings, I’d wake up on the well-to-do Upper West Side, grab a coffee on the corner, walk past the Gap and Banana Republic to the train.
A half hour later I’d emerge in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, where [...]

Last Chance for Ethnos and 25 Books!

The end of the year approaches, and so does the end of Ethnos submissions and our 25 Books project.
This week is your last chance to submit writing on ethnicity and race for our second anniversary issue. We are particularly in need of art submissions!
Also, the 25 Books polls close December 31. So speed-read [...]

Vote for Your Favorite Books

The end of the year approaches, and with it, the closing of Fringe’s 25 Books Poll.
In a nutshell, we were appalled that the New York Times top 25 list included only 2 women, one of whom was the only writer of color on the list. We vowed to make our own list, where the [...]

Guyliner

Here it is ladies, evidence of a drastic advance in gender equality…guyliner.
Before you know it, we’ll be making 100 cents on the dollar.

Holiday Gifts? Buy Women for Women

Here’s a holiday gift suggestions for those of you who are still shopping — check out Women for Women International’s bazaar, which sells crafts made bywomen survivors of war.
For those of you who don’t know, Women for Women is an award-winning nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lot of women in war-torn countries.
You can sponsor [...]