Welcome to my site…
After earning my MFA in creative writing, I began a career in writing and publishing. I’ve been an editor and writer for reference book and education publishers, including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Scholastic Press, and National Geographic Learning. I’ve written professional profiles and articles for MIT and Radcliffe, as well as graphic novelizations of Greek myths. I write regularly for Stage and Cinema and for Literary Ladies Guide.
On this site I offer observations and links to things I’m reading, hearing, and seeing, as well as to what I’m cooking! as I work on a novel set in Cornwall and London in the 1930s. Current tagline: A house with a history. A woman with a future. Two nations on the brink.
I hope you’ll join me here from time to time, Please comment on my posts!
What I’m Reading
Sam, a novel of hope by Allegra Goodman
A compelling and satisfying exploration of girlhood.
Paule Marshall, Groundbreaking Novelist
A chance discussion through a friend of my daughter-in-law led me to this post.
A Very Annoying Book
Sometimes a book annoys me so much I just have to write about it.
What I’m Seeing and Hearing
Archie Bunker Redux
Perhaps only the optimism is gone.
Reflections on “Oppenheimer” and Greatness
What does it mean for a nation to be “great”?
Sometimes Less is More When It Comes to Theater
Regional theater can be more powerful than expensive productions.
What I’m Thinking
Why Frederick Douglass Gave His Fourth of July Speech on July 5
There is always more to say about Frederick Douglass.
What Destroyed the Communist Bloc? One Flimsy Answer.
Sometimes that smallest things can have the biggest impact.
I Went to Poland. This Was One of the Most Surprising Things I Saw.
The Teatr Ludowy is an example of how central planning can backfire.
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