The Whole Megillah- Mid-Week Field Notes–September 28, 2022Some very quick things: Happy 5783!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 38–Natural Resources in Your RegionThis week requires a list of natural resources near where you’ve lived or in your region. I chose to write about the flora and fauna in my neighborhood, starting with the plants and trees on our property: pink rhododendrons that … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–September 21, 2022Some very quick things: Here’s to a happy and healthy 5783! Happy New Year – L’shana tova!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 37–Where You Have LivedThis week requires a list of places we’ve lived and note the natural resources surrounding those places. I suppose I could have written about the Passaic River in Kearny, New Jersey or the Meadowlands when we still called them the … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–September 14, 2022Some very quick things: Have a good week, everybody!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 36–Where You Come FromThis week calls for writing about where you come from–city/town, region, neighborhood. This is something I know a lot about since I authored four books about my northern New Jersey hometown (Images of America: Kearny, New Jersey; Kearny’s Immigrant Heritage; … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–September 7, 2022Some very quick things: Have a good week, everybody!Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 35–The School CafeteriaIn elementary school (Roosevelt School), everyone skipped home for lunch, even if that meant scarfing down a tuna sandwich in fifteen minutes, seeing who won Jeopardy with emcee Art Downs, and climbing the hill back to school. The only exception … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–August 31, 2022Some very quick things: I’m PhinisheD! I graduated Sunday evening with my Ph.D. in Holocaust & Genocide Studies from Gratz College. The commencement ceremony was emotional, including a cantor-like rendition of Hatikvah. I’m dedicating part of Labor Day weekend to … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- #52snapshots 2022 | Week 34–Local TraditionsI admit I had a false start on this prompt. I originally read it as outdoor traditions, and well, my family rarely did anything outdoors. I re-read the prompt and realized it was about local traditions. Many of mine revolved … Continue reading →Barbara Krasner
- Mid-Week Field Notes–September 28, 2022
Tag Archives: Yom HaShoah
Living Links | Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors Share Family Testimony
There’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.
Mid-Week Field Notes–April 20, 2022
Some very quick things: Two more sets of rejections of my poetry have come in from what I’d categorize as Tier 1 literary journals. While I can certainly aim lower, I want to print out all recently written poems and … Continue reading
Mid-Week Field Notes | April 7, 2021
Three quick things this week: For the next few weeks I will be deep in revision on various projects, especially my bio in verse. I’m reading other novels in verse and just good poetry to keep me inspired. Any suggestions? … Continue reading
Mid-Week Field Notes | March 31, 2021
Three quick things this week: My books arrived! Summer plans: I’ll be working on my database of Holocaust children’s literature, expanding it from the 1960s and through 2021. Then, I’ll take guidance from a statistician colleague to code the database … Continue reading
Mid-Week Field Notes | March 24, 2021
Four quick things this week: I’ve signed up to support Amherst Writers & Artists in their Write around the World fundraising event. I’m facilitating a session on May 9. I received an offer of publication for my bio in verse … Continue reading
The Partisans Hymn – Yom Hashoah
This came into my email today. I found it very powerful.
Why We Write and Publish Holocaust Books for Young Readers
To commemorate Yom HaShoah, The Whole Megillah sponsored a survey of writers and publishers/editors of Holocaust books for young readers. The writers include Jane Yolen, Janet Wees, Susan Lynn Meyer, Andria Rosenbaum, Nancy Churnin, Susan L. Ross, and Kathy Kacer. … Continue reading
Author’s Notebook | Ellen Cassedy, author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian Holocaust
In early March at the annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), I had the pleasure of attending a panel on family story and meeting Ellen Cassedy, author of We Are Here: Memories of the Lithuanian … Continue reading
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