Stephanie Nikolopoulos's Blog, page 17
September 8, 2014
Simona David Interviews Me Today at 1pm EST on WIOX
Simona David attended my writing workshop at the Festival of Women Writers in Hobart, New York, this weekend and afterward asked to interview me for her radio show! We sat down in the lovely Wm. H. Adams Antiquarian Books, where she asked me about how I got my start as a writer, who my mentors […]
September 5, 2014
“On the Road” Turns 57!
Jack Kerouac’s On the Road turns fifty-seven years old today! It’s such a vibrant work that continues to inspire people to pick up a pen or hit the road that it’s hard to believe it’s been around for so long. The above picture is what the novel looked like when it first came out. Paul […]
September 3, 2014
What’s Your Sign, Man?
I went to Philly the other day and visited the site of printer and author Benjamin Franklin’s house. To get there, I had to pass through this little tunnel::: The sign made me laugh. Imagine being so famous that historians noted not just the site of your house but the little passageway you walked through […]
September 2, 2014
People Who Write Got Me to Answer a Proust-style Questionnaire
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, a Ghanaian-American writer living in New York who wrote the heavy coming-of-age novel The Powder Necklace, recently interviewed me for her blog, People Who Write. She asked the best questions!Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Africa, African American, Ghana, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, People Who Write, Powder Necklace
September 1, 2014
Happy Labor Day!
Here’s to hoping your Labor Day plans don’t look like how my travel plans went the other day….Filed under: Life
August 28, 2014
Clip: Resource Published My Article on Flashes of Hope
The summer 2014 issue of Resource features an article I wrote that I’m extremely proud of. I interviewed the founder of Flashes of Hope, a nonprofit that takes photographs of children with cancer, to talk about how the portraits empower these children. The professional portraits also serve as lasting mementos for the families of the […]
August 26, 2014
Festival of Women Writers Shines Spotlight on Me
The Festival of Women Writers in Hobart, New York, recently featured me in their newsletter! You can read it in full here. I can’t wait for to get up to this cute little town of books up in the Catskills. It’s such an honor to be included in this year’s festival. The line-up is spectacular: […]
August 25, 2014
Hear Me Read at The Red Room This Wednesday
I’m excited to reveal that poet RA Araya asked me to read with a bunch of super talented artists this Wednesday, August 27, 2014, from 7 to 10pm, at The Red Room. RA usually somehow manages to persuade me to read Homer in the Ancient Greek (no small feat!), but this time he said I […]
August 20, 2014
Buzzfeed’s Take on Who Should Play My Mom and Dad in the Movie Version of My Life
If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m just a liiiiittle obsessed with taking quizzes. I especially love the Buzzfeed ones. Don’t judge. A while back I saw the Buzzfeed quiz “Who Would Play Your Mom In The Movie Version of Your Life?” Of course I had to take it. I’ve spent some time […]
August 18, 2014
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s Daughter Reads the Beats
Frances Bean Cobain turns 22 today! The only daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love has been in the spotlight since the time she was was born. When I was in high school one of my best friends was a huge Nirvana fan, and I pretty much had Hole’s Live Through This on constant repeat. […]
