Dear friends of writing and reading – Today is Yom HaShoah, a Jewish holiday that commemorates the Holocaust. A long time ago, before I converted to Judaism I taught college courses on the literature of the Holocaust. It was during this time that I got to know a friend of a friend, the scholar … Continue reading Argue with your mother, recite a poem, experience a moment of grace: Ruth Klueger at Auschwitz
Tag: memoir
the ones left behind: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Reyna Grande, 02/09/15 (coloring books project)
Friends -- I took a look at a memoir that Vickie Vertiz recommended to me. "It's about who gets left behind in that trip from Mexico to the US," I remember her saying. I always feel a bit anxious reading work about Mexico. I don't speak Spanish, and I am not originally from the West … Continue reading the ones left behind: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Reyna Grande, 02/09/15 (coloring books project)
Story Time Sunday, a true tale 02/23/14 (appropriate for all ages)
Remember how clunky they were? Heavy? How you had to have stout shoes to even attempt them? Not loafers, because they’d just pop off your feet carrying the weight of those wheels and those heavy clamps that fit around your toes. The ones that needed the key, and you had to have the key with … Continue reading Story Time Sunday, a true tale 02/23/14 (appropriate for all ages)
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 