by Shannon Turner | Mar 30, 2015 | Blog
On today’s episode of the North Avenue Lounge, I interviewed Souper Jenny, somewhat of a local celebrity for bringing good food to the masses in the form of soup, juice, cookbooks, and many other means, as well as some folks from the Atlanta Center for Self...
by Shannon Turner | Mar 20, 2015 | Blog
C4 Atlanta, a fantastic arts business incubator, recently profiled me for their blog and Women’s History Month. It was an honor, and such a great opportunity to think on the questions they asked.Read more here.
by Shannon Turner | Mar 15, 2015 | Blog
Hey, world.In January, the Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters did a special on storytelling, of which I was proud to be a part. Click here to watch it. (I’m the last teller, so you have to skip to the end if you’re looking for red hair and heavy make-up...
by Shannon Turner | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog
conflagration of crowsatop a tall treecalling out a message,indiscernablemove forwarddon’t fall in therivergo homebake breadrain’s a-comin’sorrow awaitsbake bread anywaycrows knowbut they’re mocking advice,ersatz consolationfor a real...
by Shannon Turner | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog
She was made for a life in bed.Often she thought, she’d missed her callingas a prostituteor consumptive.Dying slowly over years,a public thing.Where friends and voyeurswould come and visit,sit vigil beside her bed.Or, in the case of the professional...
by Shannon Turner | Jan 21, 2015 | Blog
Recently I had the good fortune to go see the Indigo Girls for about the fourth or fifth time in my life. Their music is so timeless, so moving, so…everything. The poetry of their music just inspires me to want to writewritewrite and singsingsing. One of my...