Unfortunately Lisa Palac will be unable to join us this Thursday, but fortunately we've got an awesome replacement. Meredith Hoffa will be on hand to share her adolescent tale, and from what she's shared with me, it promises to be a good one!

A former journalist (most recently with
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS), Meredith is now a writer and performer in Los Angeles. She can be heard on XM radio's sketch comedy show "A Complete Waste of Time" and has performed at The Groundlings, UCB and the Elephant Theatre, the home of "Martinis for Dinner," the sketch show she co-created. A finalist last year for ABC/Disney Writing Fellowship, Meredith's essays have appeared in
The New York Times,
The Boston Globe Magazine, FreshYarn.com, and "Rejected" (Random House, 2009) among other places. She is a Boston native and a graduate of Wesleyan University.
See you all Thursday!