The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week Field Notes–March 22, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
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- Mid-Week Field Notes–March 1, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–February 22, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–February 15, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Awards | Honey and Me by Meira DrazinHonor Book in Middle-Grade Category: Honey and Me by Meira Drazin (Scholastic, 2022, 304 pp.) The Whole Megillah (TWM): Mazel tov on your award! I’m so delighted to get to know you better.Meira Drazin (MD): Hi Barbara, thanks so much … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Author’s Notebook | The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights by Kitty ZeldisZeldis, Kitty. The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights. New York: HarperCollins, 2022. 345 pages. Writing the Past (WTP): What motivated you to write Dressmakers of Prospect Heights?Kitty Zeldis (KZ): I had long been interested in New Orleans, a place that figures importantly in … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–February 1, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–January 25, 2023Some very quick things: Have a good week!Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–March 22, 2023
Monthly Archives: December 2019
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Three quick things: I just received my January/February issue of Poets & Writers, an issue focused on Inspiration. Just by thumbing through submission opportunities, I think I found it! In that same issue, I spotted the name of a former … Continue reading
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Three quick things: I attended a performance of “The Sorceress” (“Di Kishefmakherin”) in Yiddish at the Museum of Jewish Heritage/National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene in New York City. Great fun! The operetta’s run ends December 29. It was written in 1878. … Continue reading
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Three quick things: I am saddened and horrified by the circumstances and outcome of yesterday’s Jersey City shooting. I grew up in the same county. On a more positive note, I have now read two paragraphs of a Sholom Aleichem … Continue reading
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Three quick things: I’m happy to announce that a short story being published by the literary magazine of Mercer County Community College, The Kelsey Review, has been nominated for a Pushcart. The story is based on the man who sat … Continue reading
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