In time for National Poetry Month, Andrea Scarpino will do our next Share the Wealth on her new book of poetry, What the Willow Said as It Fell. Andrea shared with us in September 2014,…
Dear Chicago Friends, I will be in town on Saturday 21 May for a book reading and discussion of my recent novel Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine. Melissa Banerjee has kindly agreed to host us at her home:…
We will be sharing stories of living in the United States as Palestinians, experiences we have had in Palestine, and what the term Al-Nakba means to us. In sharing our stories we hope to spread…
Even her detractors might agree: Two of Hedy Epstein’s characteristics— Pertinacity and indomitability I’ll add a third and fourth Tenderness and compassion As when I called her from Ramallah To explain why I was unable…
My friend is assiduous in learning Russian Her son and daughter-in-law reside in Saint Petersburg She’s headed there in May She tells me she needs to get a book of Pushkin Memorize some of his…
“Every faculty, every nerve is bent on communicating a definite idea. Not one iota of energy is wasted in fear.” -Agnes de Mille This Sunday, I will share what I have learned on my journey…
Dear Rebecca, Sarah, Matthew and Patrick, Joanie French and I took the Amtrak train to Texas in the summer of 2005 for a family wedding. Along the way and back, I read the Library of…
After his own New York show in 1988, his work dried up. He moved many times and every time he moved he dumped what little work he had produced. But he didn’t stop thinking of…
Wednesday 1 July 2015 Dear Isabel End of page 12 and all of page 13 You WERE paralyzed with fear. Fear comes and goes. You can write anything you want. You can go outside the…
The End of June 2015 Page 12, paragraph 1 Can you tell me the names of journalists you respect whose work you could also accurately describe as “Self-serving, theatrical, and soothing”? The part of you…