About: Vivian Carter
- Website
- http://rockviv.wordpress.com
- Details
- You've entered the cyber-locale of Vivian Rattay Carter. I blog with the username "rockviv," short for Rockaway Vivian, which locates me in the place where I live, work and write, one of New York City's most fascinating neighborhoods. With degrees from Northwestern (journalism), Brooklyn College (elementary education), and Fordham Law, I find I have a lot to say about Rockaway and the rest of the world. I am proud to be a board member of Rockaway Civic Association (formerly Rockaway Park Homeowners' and Residents) and a lay leader of First Congregational Church of Rockaway Beach, United Church of Christ. I'm also a member and/or supporter of many other local cultural, educational, and ecology groups.. Although I have produced written work for publication in many genres, beginning with poetry in the early 1970's, my first book, Images of America: Rockaway Beach, is being published by Arcadia in June, 2012. I write an opinion column, Rock Solid, appearing monthly in The Wave, and have contributed many other articles and photos since 1999. My portfolio of Wave work can be viewed by clicking on a tab below this blog's header photo. However, the views expressed herein are my own, and do not necessarily coincide with the views of any of the organizations that publish my work, or to the groups I assist and support. Here's to independent voices!
