I wrote the featured article for the 29 November 2019 issue of Funds for Writers, published weekly by Hope Clark, in which I talk about the various options that exist for freelance writers and journalists who want to have an online portfolio of past projects to show to editors. Below is a short excerpt.
Continue reading “Websites vs. Online Portfolios for Clips”
As a freelance writer, you will no doubt spend a lot of time pitching articles to publications. Writing coach Deborah Ager interviewed me about the process and in this video, I offer my #1 tip for getting your article published.
Check it out below…
My audio essay, “Leisepark,” was featured on the Wednesday 3 p.m. Series on KCRW, the NPR affiliate in Berlin, Germany, on 14 August 2019.
On 25 February 2019, Electric Literature published my poem “A Failed Romanticism” in its The Commuter series, which is available to read here online.
My poem, “Make It Rain,” was published in Slipstream issue #38, the “water” issue, in Summer 2018.
I contributed a guest blog post – Throwing off the Shackles of the To-Read Wish List – published by Submittable on 12 December 2017.
The Winter 2017 issue of culture: the word on cheese features my Urban Excursion article, “Käse Study,” on where to eat cheese in Berlin.
Update: The article is now available online here.
July 8th marked the 150th birthday of Käthe Kollwitz, the beloved German artist who many know as the sculptor of Mother with Her Dead Son, which can be seen inside Neue Wache in Berlin (though not at the moment as the memorial is under renovation).
Galerie Parterre Berlin is hosting an exhibition of Kollwitz’s work – Käthe Kollwitz und Berlin – through September 24, 2017. The gallery is situated on Danziger Strasse, on the former site of the gasworks of Prenzlauer Berg and is a fascinating space in and of itself.
Prenzlauer Berg is a fitting location for this exhibit, as Kollwitz lived in the neighborhood from 1891 through 1943, on the street that is now known as Kollwitz Strasse. The park on the street also bears her name and features a large sculpture of the artist. Continue reading “Käthe Kollwitz and Berlin: Exhibit at Galerie Parterre Berlin”
I am one of the writers interviewed by Pinar Tarhan for her article, “How 5 International Freelance Writers Got Their First Break,” over at WOW Women on Writing.
Following the publication of my translation of Ulrike Draesner’s poem, paper cone, in a recent issue, The Massachusetts Review published this interview with me over at its blog.
Bernadette Geyer 