Karen Sosnoski

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Karen Sosnoski (born November 30, 1964) is an American author, radio contributor and documentary filmmaker.

Sosnoski is working on a narrative non-fiction book, "When Birdboy Calls," about the unlikely relationship between David Craig Welch, a brain tumor patient, and Rosemary Feit Covey, the artist he commissioned to do a series of prints on his experiences. Sosnoski is currently represented by agent Jon Sternfeld of the [http://www.irenegoodman.com/about.php Irene Goodman Literary Agency.]

Sosnoski's stories have been featured by:

Los Angeles Times, [http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-myturn11-2008aug11,0,7315981.story Health Section, My Turn (2008) "Shining hope for her son with Down syndrome"]

Studio 360, [http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2008/06/27/segments/102202 Episode 926 (2008) – WALL-E, Waterfalls, Batman]

This American Life, [http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=311 Episode 311 (2006) – A Better Mousetrap]

Her articles, fiction, and poetry have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Poets & Writers, Personal Journaling, The Haight Ashbury Literary Review, New Voices in Poetry and Prose, Pembroke Review (cited in The Carson McCullers Project and PAL), WordsWright, Bitch (magazine), Grappling (magazine), Washington City Paper and other journals. Her article, "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The Filming of Wedding Advice," is published in the anthology, [http://www.routledge.com/books/Thinking-Straight-isbn9780415932738 Straight Talk, edited by Chrys Ingraham (Routledge Press, 2004).]

Sosnoski holds a B.A. from Gettysburg College, an M.A. in English from Boston College, a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University and a certificate in Non-Fiction Writing from the [http://www.salt.edu/ Salt Institute for Documentary Studies] .

She has taught English and Writing at Brandeis University, Georgetown University, The George Washington University, The Graduate School, USDA and Montgomery College.

Karen was awarded an Avid Film Camp editing grant to direct the editing of her the documentary film Wedding Advice: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace (2002) from June through September, 2001. The film was screened at 18 film festivals and is being distributed by [http://www.berkeleymedia.com/catalog/berkeleymedia/films/womens_studies_gender_studies/womens_studies/wedding_advice_speak_now_or_forever_hold_your_peace Berkeley Media, LLC.]

Radio

*Studio 360, [http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2008/06/27 Episode 926 – WALL-E, Waterfalls, Batman (2008)]
* This American Life, [http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=311 Episode 311 – A Better Mousetrap (2006)]

Writing

* [http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-myturn11-2008aug11,0,7315981.story"Shining hope for her son with Down syndrome" - Los Angeles Times]
* [http://www.pw.org/content/septemberoctober_2002"When Literature Goes Holywood" - Poets & Writers]
* [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/2006/arty1006a.html?navCenterBot"Sense of Tumor" - Washington City Paper]
* [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=33571"Sleeping Ills" - Washington City Paper]
* [http://www.unmarried.org/todd-parr.html"Todd Parr, Author of Our Family Bible" - Alternatives to Marriage Project]
* [http://www.improverse.com/ed-articles/karen_sosnoski_1997_jan_dream_poem.htm"Grateful for Second Chances" - Electric Dreams]

External links

* [http://www.thislife.org This American Life]
* [http://www.studio360.org Studio 360]
* [http://search.latimes.com/search?q=sosnoski&site=default_collection&entqr=3&output=xml_no_dtd&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&client=latimes&ud=1&oe=UTF-8&proxystylesheet=latimes&getfields=thumbnail_small.author.pubdate Los Angeles Times]
* [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/archive/search/?cx=016954416692420308214%3A1-y78ai9coy&cof=FORID%3A11&q=sosnoski&cmsKeyword=sosnoski#723 Washington City Paper]
* [http://www.berkeleymedia.com/catalog/berkeleymedia/films/womens_studies_gender_studies/womens_studies/wedding_advice_speak_now_or_forever_hold_your_peace Berkeley Media, LLC]