There is no solitude greater than the critic's, unless perhaps it be that of a tiger in the jungle...

Raphaela Weissman

Writer

Raphaela Weissman graduated from NYU in 2006; feel free to help her decide what to do now. So far, she is making headway on applying to MFA programs in creative writing, and in the meantime, she sees far too many movies. This June she won the L Magazine's Literary Upstart Pocket Fiction competition and was published in the fiction issue, which was very exciting. She has spoken to Philip Glass about Chinese vegetables, to Robert Pinsky about portobello mushrooms, and watched Nathan Lane buy a large popcorn, her favorite food, but didn't get a chance to ask him about it. She grew up in Woodstock, New York and enjoys taking the train upstate to visit, especially when the leaves change.