Author: Jen
New on District Lit (2015)
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 …
New Poem Up at Silver Birch Press
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 …
Book Review: The Ambassador
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 …
Almost Book Review: Mary Ruefle’s Madness, Rack, and Honey
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 Review: Dear Luke, We Need to Talk
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
I wrote a letter to a friend today and inside that letter — which was not a letter but something like a letter sent by …
Gem in the Galilee
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 …
Their stubborness, their bodies
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 …
Color of
“War is what happens when language fails.” — Margaret Atwood * * * * * This is the color of my voice these days … …
Review: How to Survive a Sharknado
Book Details Title: How to Survive a Sharknado (and Other Unnatural Disasters) Author: Andrew Shaffer (with contributions by Fin Shepard & April Wexler) Publisher: Three …
Sexy Quiet
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 …
What the world needs now
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 …
Putting out fires at almost 40
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
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) …
How to be a happy fool
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 …
Totally awesome redefined
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 …
A date with Haifa
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 …
The New 40
“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 …