A Pope (Opening Up the Imagination)
Given the visit this week of Pope Francis, I want to share a short chapter from my new novel, Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine. This chapter was originally written in 2010 during the pontificate of Benedict…
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From Lubna
Lubna Alam, one of the inspirations for Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine, sent me this notecard the other day.
Reading Dear Layla/2
One of the many pages I marked The beauty of this expression of love… –Chris Wallach
Reading Dear Layla/1
Ale Vázquez texted me the following photos and comments I understand this and feel it like an aching in my spine
A Frenzied Gut
Just got back from a weekend retreat in the mountains where I devoured Dear Layla: Welcome to Palestine. I’m so grateful for you and your recommendation. There was so much I needed to connect with….
Reading Dear Layla, While on an Airplane back to NYC
I read the whole thing on the way home I was simmering Simmering Simmering Shimmelstoy brought me to a boil –Katie Madges is a Social Worker (NYU, MSW, 2012) who lives in Brooklyn.
Word from Lindsey
“The best way to enjoy a great book from a great friend”
Bless Your Heart
One of the most powerful responses To my novel Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine Was yours I sent you a draft You stopped reading After fifty pages It was the chapter in which the Israeli…
This I Know Is True
If you stay in relation to writing (rather than zoning out for six years) and you connect with writing friends, read, listen deeply, you will write what you want but most likely never the way…