Articles and Stories
This past summer, my three siblings and I began to clear out some items from my parents' house.
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Immediately after reading Irene Vilar's memoir, Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict, I closed the book and went to my bedroom to take an afternoon nap.
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Yes, it's that time of year where spooks and goblins, witches and Jack-o-lanterns are ever-present.
The Buying and Selling of Andy WarholIt wasn't until Benjamin Genocchio's review of the Norman Rockwell showing at the Nassau County Museum of Art that I began to see the artist in a different, perhaps more disturbing, light.
- What Do We Do After We Send Our Loved Ones Off to War?
There are many novels about war, most from the battlefield where there's page-t ...
- Staying Sane While Picking Up the Pieces
Divorce is a common theme in many works of fiction; probably because we have all been affected by it one way or another and need to examine how something we were sure was so right eventually wen ...
- How One Author Makes a Story Important
The summer of '08, I was the Director and Writer-in-Residence for the Adirondack Summer Workshop in Old Forge.
- Red Room Interview: Carol I. Hoenig
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- Destroying the Pope in Fiction
Initially, I was hesitant to accept an advanced readers' copy of Luis Miguel Rocha 's latest thriller, The Holy Bullet (Putnam), for review until I was told that Rocha based the story ...
Cursing In Tyler Texas, a Grievous Offense?Occasionally, a local story makes national news; some are worthy of the attention while others aren't. The local story I'm about to share certainly does not merit national news.
