My Story: In Memory of My Love, My Husband Our house was quite small. For years, we carried it in our carry-on bag while traveling through our starry, lucid dreams.Our furniture fit perfectly in our refrigerator.The garden was not a problem to keep up for it had already stabilized itself on our kitchen table. Then came the storm, unexpectedly, […]

I had the opportunity to interview Lisa Napolie, the author of Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR. Here are some highlights. Do you write for others or for yourself only? I’m a professional writer. I write to get published! But I’m in graduate school now and writing for my professors. […]

I had the opportunity to interview Deborah Copaken, the author of Ladyparts. Here are some highlights. Do you write for others or for yourself only?I write to connect with readers. That being said, I do not try to imagine what my reader wants and then write that. I write what I want to write and […]

I am always fascinated with our brain and the mysterious way it works. Most of us know so very little about it. Whenever I come across a book talking about the human brain, I have to pick it up. Then I just can’t put it down and get enough of it. The very fact that I recently lost someone close […]

I have been keeping the book of poetry by Mary Oliver,  “The Leaf and the Cloud,”  for a while now, open, on my kitchen counter, on my dining room, and on my night stand. I turn its pages, read them, and re-read them daily, like a prayer. I ask myself, Could it really be true, that I am […]