FROM DEAR SANTA: A LETTER FROM A NICE JEWISH GIRL
“Christmas is a major holiday. Hanukkah is a minor holiday with the same theme as most Jewish holidays. They tried to kill us, we…
Secrets
FROM PLEASE DON’T EVER CHANGE
“Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases…
FROM 13 THINGS I HOPE STAY IN 2013
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.” ― T.S. Eliot 1. Selfie We’ve all taken…
FROM MY INTERVIEW ON THE CARLA COLLINS SHOW
Thank you to the lovely Carla Collins who featured me LIVE on her show today! We chatted about the article that i wrote for…
FROM MY BOOK TRAILER FOR ALL MY FRIENDS ARE ENGAGED
“Maybe love is something we’re meant to say casually and not regard as a prize from a treasure chest that a person earns.” ― Jen…
TINY POEMS (OCTOBER)
I started this in order to capture the tiny beautiful things that accompany the words, the feelings, the nouns we can’t get out of…
FROM CONVERSATIONS YOU HAVE IN YOUR 20’S
“We had put almost all of our possessions in storage, which was a metaphor for being twenty, as were so many things.” ―…
FROM REJECTION
“There’s a word for a writer who never gives up: published”—Joe Konrath Chances are you’ve been there before. Sitting in front of a very…
FROM MY Q&A WITH A MISS AMERICA CONTESTANT
There are dreams that our thumb-sucking, baby food eating, diaper wearing selves try to crawl into at a very, very young age. I remember wanting…
FROM 15 WAYS YOU KNOW YOU’RE GROWING UP
“If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I’ll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up!…