I was touched when Little Fiction asked me to write a 2018 top-ten list for their annual New Year's tradition. But I was also stumped. What to write? As I concentrated more on the task, images of ice kept popping into my head. Icebergs, blocks of ice, icicles. I kept shaking … [Read more...]
Purple Ball Day
My kids and I invented our own holiday, and I wrote about it for The Manifest-Station. Read my essay on family traditions, faith, and doubt. … [Read more...]
It’s A Man’s World
I offer you a sampling of things I have heard, read, and seen this past month on the topic of women and inequality: … [Read more...]
New Work in Necessary Fiction
I am delighted to announce that Necessary Fiction published my short story, "Gifts from My Mother," today. You can find it here. … [Read more...]
20 Things I Learned at the Feelies Concert
Just a few hours before the gunman broke out his weapons in Orlando, my husband and I were at a small concert hall in suburban New Jersey, listening to the Feelies perform their fortieth anniversary show. For those of you who don't know the Feelies, they're an alternative/punk … [Read more...]
