Becoming a Writer

Carol Bergman's journalism and narrative nonfiction has been published in Willow Review, Onion Review, A Room of One's Own, Absinthe Literary Review, The Bridge, Potpourri, Epiphany and many other publications in the US, the UK and Canada. "Objects of Desire," appearing in Lilith and Whetstone Literary Review was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in nonfiction. "Another Day in Paradise; International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories" was published by Orbis Books (US/Canada) and Earthscan Books (UK/Commonwealth) and was nominated for Columbia University's prestigious J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. Her articles, essays, reviews and interviews have appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, The Times (of London), The Christian Science Monitor, The Daily News Magazine, The Amster-dam News, Newsday, Cosmopolitan, Woman's World, Family Circle, Art Times, Cineaste, Salon.com, The Jewish Forward, and Hudson Valley One.She has a BA from the University of California at Berkeley and an MA in Media Studies from The New School. She is one of the founding faculty of Gotham Writers Workshop and taught in the NYU writing program from 1997-2020. Carol is the co-owner of MediacsBooks, an independ-ent small press based in New Paltz, N.Y.