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My latest column is up on District Lit today. It’s not about real estate, nor about ghosts, but about the lies I tell myself about …
I’m excited to share with you my new prose poem, “Repeat,” is up at Silver Birch Press, a selection for their When I Hear That …
For all my love of time travel and exploration of whether or not we could or should alter the past, I’m surprised I don’t read more fiction in …
It’s an almost book review for two reasons: 1. I haven’t finished the book. Of course, I am certain many reviewers — ones who get paid …
Book Details Title: Dear Luke, We Need to Talk, Darth: And Other Pop Culture Correspondences Author: John Moe Publisher: Three Rivers Press Review It was …
I wrote a letter to a friend today and inside that letter — which was not a letter but something like a letter sent by …
My dad and my husband have this routine: My dad, an archaeology enthusiast, always keeps his eyes peeled for the undiscovered artifact when he visits Israel. My …
Yesterday wasn’t the first day I was reminded that we accidentally on purpose train our daughters to give up rights to their bodies. Even though …
Book Details Title: How to Survive a Sharknado (and Other Unnatural Disasters) Author: Andrew Shaffer (with contributions by Fin Shepard & April Wexler) Publisher: Three …
What if I made the choice and the choice was Quiet? It’s true sometimes Noise tricks me into believing he is life. What with all the …
I spent the morning with my father-in-law in a cafe in Kfar Tavor. He was generous enough to be an interview subject for me in …
Honesty bursts forth from me in fits, in starts. This is 40. This may not be 40 for you. I realize, for you, this may …
If it was a place — cognitive dissonance, it would be here, Israel. Where in one swift shift I move from embarrassment (I forgot about swimming lessons) …
The Buddha never said this, but it’s the noise of parenthood that propels me to appreciate the quiet. This is probably the greatest lesson I’ve …
I’m a girl who grew up in the totally awesome eighties, so it’s taken time for me to integrate the word awesome into my system …
Yesterday I took my husband to the ER for symptoms he has been suffering for over a week. Fortunately he was released at the end …
“40 is the new 30,” said a friend of mine the other day. That would totally and completely suck, I just realized. Yes, my hair …