Vanessa M. Gezari worked on a book about the war in Afghanistan, where she has traveled and reported since 2002 for the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, Slate, and others. She is particularly interested in culturally distinct modes of storytelling and has trained, mentored, and written about Afghan journalists.
Discipline:
Literature – nonfiction
Vanessa Gezari
Discipline:
Literature – nonfiction
Region: Ann Arbor, MI
MacDowell Fellowships: 2010
Studios
Garland
Vanessa Gezari worked in the Garland studio.
Marian MacDowell and friends originally named this studio in memory of Anna Baetz, the nurse who helped care for Edward MacDowell in the waning years of his life. With generous support from the Garland family, the studio was renovated in 2013 and renamed the Peter and Mary Garland Studio. The inward opening, diamond-pane windows were replaced…