Karen 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 Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She has taught at Georgetown University, The George Washington University, The USDA Graduate School and Montgomery College. Her articles, fiction, and poetry have appeared in the Arena Stage Performance Guides, The Haight Ashbury Literary Review, New Voices in Poetry and Prose, Pembroke Review (cited in The Carson McCullers Project and PAL), WordsWright, and other journals. Most recently, her article, "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The Filming of Wedding Advice," is forthcoming in an anthology, Straight Talk, edited by Chrys Ingraham for Routledge Press. Karen attended Avid Film Camp in Portland, OR to direct the editing of Wedding Advice: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace (2002) from June through September, 2001. In addition to other freelance film and writing projects, Karen is a columnist and feature writer for "Grappling Magazine" and is in pre-production for SosZey Production's next film, "Grappling Therapy".