FRESH YARN * The Online Salon for personal essays * ARCHIVES

15th INSTALLMENT : 12/03/04

Feeling Small
by Raphael Simon
(Film and television writer, including the Nickelodeon series Rocket Power; essays in Los Angeles Times, and the anthology Mentsh: On Being Jewish and Queer.)

The Game of Life
by Kathleen Dennehy
(Actress, Graduate of New York University's Experimental Theater Wing; Author, book of essays Adventures in Poverty.)

From Spot to Gone
by Rebecca Asher
(Script Supervisor, Television: Arrested Development, Undeclared, Andy Richter Controls the Universe; Film: Donnie Darko, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, starring Will Farrell.)

Lost and Found
by Michelle Boyaner
(Award-winning Screenwriter, festival favorites You're Still Young and I Want You to Show Me; Author, book of essays Oh, For God's Sake Whisper It.)

Queen's Surface Transport
by Elizabeth Warner
(Wrote and performed solo show at HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival; two-book contract with Random House imprint Villard for collections of essays.)

The World's Worst Waiter... Ever
by Jeff Kahn
(Emmy-winning writer/performer The Ben Stiller Show; Actor Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage.)

16th INSTALLMENT : 12/17/04

Over the River and Through the Woods
by Larry Dean Harris
(Award-winning playwright; TV writer pilot The Mamas & the Papas; Author upcoming collection of essays Witness to the Bizarre.)

Dear Folks
by Astrid Boyle
(Host of her own ham radio show, Just Chillin' on Channel 2478.)

Christmas in Bucksnort
by Cara DiPaolo
(Writers’ Assistant Six Feet Under, wrote for the show's book Better Living Through Death; Writer and director of critically acclaimed one-man comedy Whooda Thunkit?)

In Defense of Hanukkah
by Barbara Rushkoff
(Writer for People and Rolling Stone; author of the two highly-acclaimed zines, Barbie and Plotz, and the book Jewish Holiday Fun... For You!)

My Blank Canvas Theory
by Steve Young
(Writer for IN Los Angeles magazine and Vodka magazine.)

We Can't Have Anything Nice!
by Richard Andreoli
(Author Mondo Homo: Your Essential Guide to Queer Pop Culture; pieces published in The Advocate, Los Angeles Confidential, CARGO Magazine.)

Little Dogs Humping: Buckets of Love
by Paige Bernhardt
(TV writer/producer Two Guys and A Girl, Yes, Dear, What about Joan; contributor to LA's acclaimed reading series Sit 'n Spin.)

Off the Charts in Tears
by Timber Masterson
(Author TimFoolery: Tales of a Third Rate Junkie; pieces published in Über, Numb, Capital, Roscoe; Co-producer of Toronto literary series Word Substance Spatula.)