The Whole Megillah- Thursday LinksHere are this week’s links: From The Librarians blog (thanks, Erika Dreifus!): Rebuilding Isaac Bashevis Singer’s mother’s shtetl of Bilgoraj From the Rutgers University Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life: “A Rosenberg of Any Other Name: A History … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field NotesThree quick things this week: For two weeks now I have set aside an hour on Fridays to engage in collage. For me, it’s a good way to end the week and get into a different headspace for Shabbos. My … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots–Week 2My first snapshot about my paternal great-grandmother, Bryna Dvorkin Krasner, is now drafted, thanks to an Amherst Writers memoir group I’ve been writing with since August 2020. I have added portraits of her and my great-grandfather, Mordechai (Mottel) Krasner, to … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Thursday LinksHere are this week’s links: From the Jewish Literary Journal: “The Klezmer Clarinet” by Mel Goldberg From Creative Nonfiction: More craft webinars to come From Allison K. Williams: The Year of the Writer From Jane Friedman: Upcoming online classes, reasonably priced … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field NotesThree quick things this week: My writing goals for 2021 include working on two new book-length projects, one adult hybrid of found poetry and prose and one YA historical novel in verse. To fuel inspiration, I’m going to read, read, … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots–Week 1This week begins a new The Whole Megillah feature based on a Creative Nonfiction webinar given last week by memoirist/essayist Sonja Livingston. She titled it “52 Snapshots.” Livingston defines a snapshot as a written description of a scene or image … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field NotesThree quick things this week: For my “Artist Date” this week, I engaged in an evening of “Soul Collage.” I created eleven cards that I can use as prompts for my writing. You basically find images that speak to you … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Thursday LinksHere are this week’s links: From Tablet: “A Holocaust Fairy Tale from France“ Looking for something to do on Christmas Eve? Join the Jewish Review of Books Dec. 24 interview with historian Sarah Abrevaya Stein, author of Suitcases Full of … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field NotesThree quick things this week: In preparation for my year-end assessment, I’ve gone through my notebooks of Amherst writing from March to the beginning of December: Poetry: 64 poems, including contributions to my YA contemporary novel in verse and my … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Thursday LinksHere are this week’s links: From the Association of Jewish Libraries: AJL PRESENTS: The Sydney Taylor Real and Mock Book AwardsWednesday, January 6, 2021 at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ETThis event is sponsored by AJL’s SSCPL Division. All members and non-members … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
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Mid-Week Notes
Five quick things this week: It’s around this time of year I begin to reflect on the year’s accomplishments and goals for the year ahead. Here’s an interesting freewrite exercise: Your future self pays you a visit to tell you … Continue reading
Mid-Week Notes
Three quick things this week: The Amherst Writers online memoir retreat group has now become a biweekly, self-led group. I’m looking forward to plowing memories and genealogical research. We start in September. Sadly, AWA’s beloved founder and author of Writing … Continue reading
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