Demographics of the Heart
For sixteen years my readers were mainly imaginary. In order to write a book proposal, though, you have to answer the question –What’s your demographic? Who are your readers? So, I imagined: they’re female, Jewish, Baby Boomers. In other words: me. I’ve been sitting at my desk on and off for sixteen years, thinking about […]
The Signing
I don’t buy pens very often. The serious pens that were once a requisite for a writer’s life have been overshadowed by the computer. This is all the better, since small objects are hard for me to keep track of. Pens and reading-glasses slip willy-nilly out of my purse, getting plopped in odd places […]
A Mixed Marriage
This is an article I wrote ten years about having a “bi-coastal” marriage. Still true, I think. Let me know what you think! A Mixed Marriage (For “My Turn” column in Havurah Shir Hadash Newsletter, 2004 ) My husband, the famous Rabbi of Havurah Shir Hadash, does not think I am Jewish. This is not because […]