Welcome Aboard!
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Uptown Street Fest Saturday, Aug. 28
Don't miss the Uptown StreetFest Saturday, Aug. 28! Hot dogs, shaved ice, Flamenco dancers, pottery demonstrations and more. Lori will be there -- reading with CM Burroughs and sign language interpreters at the Gist-sponsored event at the Pittsburgh Deaf Association Building (corner of Forbes and Gist). Reading's at 2 pm. Free free free! For more info, visit The Uptown Street Fest site.

Up in the Air
It's true. Steven Slater is a hero. And a six-dollar water would make anyone go berserk. See Lori's take on balancing life in the air and on the ground in this piece from the Penn Trafford Star's Erin Faulk:  Trafford Poet's Work Reflect Highs, Lows of Her Career in the Air.

How a Poem Happens
Blow an emergency slide, grab two beers, and come visit Lori at Brian Brodeur's amazing website How a Poem Happens where she's talking about a poem from her new collection of flight attendant poems, "Red Eye." Thanks for flying!

Red Eye's Landed
Lori's new poetry collection, Red Eye, is here. And here's what The Tribune Review's Rege Behe says about it:  "The charm of 'Red Eye' lies in Lori Jakiela's ability to transform seemingly slight moments into insightful poems. Her eye for the smallest details and incidents illuminates."  Read the full story and review here:  Trafford Writer Uses Poetry to Illuminate Everyday Moments. Copies of Red Eye are available for $10 through the publisher (Pudding House Press). For signed copies, e-mail Lori at lljakiela@gmail.com.




Golden Quills
Thank you to editors Edith Hughes and Doug Heuck for nominating Lori's work for the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania's 2010 Golden Quills awards. Lori's Westmoreland Magazine column, "Here and Now" (ed. by Edith Hughes), won a Quill in the Best Magazine Column category. If you missed "Here and Now," click here now to read a sample.
      "Elevens," an essay Lori wrote for Pittsburgh Quarterly magazine (ed. by Doug Heuck), received second place in the overall Best Writing category. First place went to the wonderful writer Christine O'Toole from H Magazine for this piece on the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
      For more about the Golden Quill awards and for a complete list of winners, click here.

What If?
Ever look at your life and wonder "what if?" Ever watch all your plans scatter like mice from an exterminator? Ever drink beer out of a plastic cup at a kegger or dance the hokey pokey barefoot? If so, check out Lori's latest essay.
It's hanging with the nice folks at the KGB Bar. http://www.kgbbar.com/lit/columns/what_if


Red Eye Landing Soon
"Red Eye," Lori's new poetry chapbook, will be published soon by Pudding House Press. Check back for more details and ordering information. (Or preorder through the Pudding House website.)

Living in Mr. Beller's Neighborhood
Stop by Mr. Beller's Neighborhood for Lori's story about a New York cab driver whose kindness was matched only by his mad skills behind the wheel. Mr. Beller's Neighborhood

Lori's Essay Wins 2010 Gulf Stream Mag Creative Nonfiction Prize
Read Lori's award-winning essay, "Searching Warps the Mind a Little," in Gulf Stream Magazine. Don't miss fiction by Dave Newman and Steve Almond in the same issue, too.  Gulf Stream (http://w3.fiu.edu/gulfstream/searching.asp)

New Poems in 5 AM
Lori has poems featured in the Winter 2010 issue of 5 AM magazine. Edited by Ed Ochester and Judith Vollmer, 5 AM is one of the premier poetry magazines in the United States. Visit the magazine's website to get a subscription now. 5 AM

You'll Love The Way We Fly
The latest edition of Short Takes includes work by Michael Chabon, Barbara Ehrenreich, Anna Quindlen and Dave Barry. Lori's essay "You'll Love the Way We Fly" is in there, too. Check out the collection at  http://www.amazon.com/Short-Takes-10th-Elizabeth-Penfield/dp/0205725473/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264904287&sr=8-2

Town Talking
Come on over to the Post-Gazette Plus (P-G Plus) and Town Talk, where Lori and other Pittsburgh writers and editors are blogging about all things 'Burghian. The Plus site is the subscription-only online supplement to the Post-Gazette. For more info.and to sign up for P-G Plus, visit the regular Post-Gazette site here.

R.o.c.k. in the U.K.
The 50th anniversary issue of the Brit lit journal Tears in the Fence is out. Not a subscriber? Sign up through the mag's Facebook site: Tears in the Fence. Edited by the brilliant poet David Caddy, the magazine features good writing from both sides of the pond. The anniversary issue includes an essay by Lori, too. 

KGB
The next best thing to being cozy at New York's legendary KGB Bar is to drop in at KGB Bar Lit. Lori's essay on the dangers of virtual living appears in the most recent issue. (www.kgbbar.com/lit).

Friend Request Accepted
Love Facebook but wonder what happened to face time? Like your friends in 3-D? Check out Lori's essay in the Post Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09207/986170-109.stm

Love Saves The Day!

 

Interview

 

Ligonier Valley Writers Conference

Yinzer 4evR

Visit Future Tenant at http://futuretenant.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=255658 for a podcast featuring Lori reading "I Am Not a Zombie But I Played One on TV," the first chapter from Miss New York Has Everything. After the reading, Lori pod-talks about memoir and truth with Future Tenant's fabulous Adam Murray.

 

Unlimited Interview

 

Ever wonder how you'll use all those things you learn in school? To celebrate the back-to-school season,  check out Lori's essay in the Sunday, August 26 issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The essay's called "How will I use this in, like, the real world?" You can read it here:  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07238/811957-35.stm(And now, a word problem. If a train leaves the station at 3:30 p.m. traveling east and another train leaves the station at 3:25 traveling west, which conductor has been drinking? See. Useful!)

 

Poddy Mouth (An Interview) 

 

Jaws fans, fins up. Before you hit the beach, check out Lori's "Shark Sucker" in Pittsburgh City Paper's Vacation 2007 Guide. (http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A30588)

Then don't forget to pack the water wings and the shark repellent.

Hey. You never know.

Animaniac
Click  http://www.vidlit.com/5spot/  and check out VidLit's animated view of 5 Spot authors and their books. (Hm. Miss New York. An animated vibrator. Now that's something.)

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What the critics are saying about MISS NEW YORK:

"A marvel of a memoir... brims with both small-town heart and big-city sophistication." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Don't let the smiling stewardess on the cover fool you. Jakiela's memoir has more in common with Chuck Klosterman than Coffee, Tea or Me."
-- Publisher's Weekly

"For anyone who's ever wanted to make something extraordinary out of an ordinary life."             -- Fresh Fiction

"There's usually one person who's just a bit funnier, wittier, more penetrating in her stories than everyone else. That's Lori Jakiela." -- Armchair Interviews

"Take an afternoon off, pour a glass of wine, curl up on the couch and read Lori Jakiela's Miss New York Has Everything." -- Skuawk!


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