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The Tattooed
Blonde
Connie Baechler,
M.A.,
M.F.A., Ph.D., ABCD, E.T.C... |
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If you can’t laugh
at yourself, how will you deal with that tongue in your cheek? |
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Connie in persona |
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Connie is a poet,
author, comedienne, and would be a femme fatale, which Wikipedia
describes as an "archetypal character of literature and art" if
only she was inclined to take herself seriously. Since
that's out of the question, we're left with poet, author and
comedienne.
She is a Star in the Zona Rosa, a
series of writing-and-sisterhood workshops founded by her friend
and mentor, the nationally acclaimed author Rosemary Daniell,
and a member of Rosemary's Atlanta Zona Rosa Alpha Babes group.
Connie holds both an M.F.A. in poetry and an interdisciplinary
Ph.D. in literature and women’s studies, and her most recent
work appears in
Desire: Women Write About Wanting
(Seal Press,
November 2007).
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Connie in print |
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Connie's latest novel is Halley's Confidence.
Set in Atlanta, it is perfect for every woman who
has ever wanted HIM (the Highly Inappropriate
Man). Halley is also perfect for a publisher
seeking a comedic novel for smart women everywhere.
Her poems have appeared in
Kalliope,
Hurricane Review,
Mad Poets Review, Concrete Wolf, The
Griffin, Wild Plum
and other literary magazines. Her short story, “Coconut
Milk,” adapted from her novel manuscript featuring an
American heroine’s adventures in Malaysia, has appeared
in
Pearl
magazine.
Dissertation: Voyages and
Voyeurs: A Language of the Interior in the Journals of
Anais Nin and Rosemary Daniell
Essay: “Two Cups Orgasm, A Measure
of Taboo.” in Desire: Women Write About Wanting
Seal Press, November 2007.
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Accolades and Awards |
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Connie's awards include
Finalist status in the 2008 Rita Dove Poetry Prize; Finalist in
The Ledge and Concrete Wolf chapbook competitions; Fellow at the Hambidge
Center; and participation in the University of Arizona’s
poets-in-residence program.
Connie has been a
Participant at
Palm Beach Poetry Festival, January 2008; Finalist in Rita Dove
Award for “Foaling Season” (Poetry), April 2008; Fiction
residency at Dairy Hollow Writer’s Colony in Eureka Springs, AR,
August 2008.
Her poetry chapbook, The Seduction of Voices,
was named a Finalist in the 2005 concrete wolf chapbook
competition.
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