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- Mid-Week Field Notes–May 25, 2022Some very quick things: Final Stretch! Comments on my dissertation have now come in on from all three readers. A diverse set of comments. I hope to get the next iteration of the dissertation out very soon. The title is … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 20 — What You SawThis week’s snapshot prompt asks us to write about what we saw that we cannot unsee. I wrote about the time when my son was six, already diagnosed with ADHD, and we attended a Cub Scout picnic in the nearby … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–May 18, 2022Some very quick things: I’m thinking about what I want to write in the future. Should I continue to write kidlit or go strictly adult literary? Do I continue to write novels in verse or maybe try a graphic novel? … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 19, What You Hang OntoWeek 19 asks about what we hung onto in our past and what we hang onto now. An immediate image emerged in my mind’s eye: a teddy bear pin with googly eyes that a neighbor gave me for my fifth … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–May 11, 2022Some very quick things: May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Many museums and other institutions are offering in-person and virtual events. I wrote about my maternal grandparents’ ketubah over the weekend. Many years ago, when I began my genealogical pursuit, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 18, What Future Did You Imagine for Yourself?The prompt for Week 18 involves writing about what you really loved with two options. Option 1: Think about the objects and information you amassed as a child and make a list of your obsessions, interests, and hobbies. Write about … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–May 4, 2022Some very quick things: There’s still room in my May 26 Writing the Past session! Amherst Writers & Artists dedicates the month of May to its Write Around the World fundraiser. For as little as a $10 donation, writers can … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 17, We’re All Survivors of SomethingThis week requires making a list of what we’ve survived and to write about one of them. I couldn’t really get beyond what I’ve survived. My list ranges from the physical–scarlet fever, bacterial meningitis, cancer, and badly-behaving parathyroid glands and … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–April 27, 2022Some very quick things: More evidence arrived in the last week cementing my need to engage in revising my poetry. I’m devoting time in May to that. But good news! Amherst Writers & Artists literary magazine, Peregrine, accepted a short … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Living Links | Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors Share Family TestimonyThere’s still time to register for the Yom Hashoah webinar featuring two third-generation Holocaust survivors–Avi Wisnia and Leon Geyer–whose lives and missions have been shaped by their grandparents. To register, click here.Barbara Krasner
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Deborah Brodie z”l
Many of you have known or worked with editor Deborah Brodie. She passed away on June 27 after a battle with cancer. Read the Publisher’s Weekly obituary>>>
Editor’s Notebook | Nora Gold, Jewishfiction.net
The Whole Megillah (TWM): Tell us about the start of Jewish Fiction.net — the why, how, and when. Nora Gold (NG): I recognized the need for a journal like Jewish Fiction.net through my experience as a writer. My first book, … Continue reading
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Author’s Notebook | Anna Levine
At last year’s annual convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries in Montreal, I had the pleasure of meeting up with author Anna Levine. See what she has to say in this video about why she writes about Israel and … Continue reading