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Excerpt Going Tribal Excerpted from Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories About My Family You Might Relate To (Blue Rider Press, April, 2017) the latest collection of essays by New York… Annabelle Gurwitch June 6, 2017
Excerpt You Have to Have Been a Refugee Yourself Excerpted from Asylum: A Survivor’s Flight from Nazi-Occupied Vienna Through Wartime France by Moriz ScheyerI know that I will provoke the criticism in some… Moriz Scheyer September 29, 2016
Excerpt Extra Diapers, Two Bottles, Four Cans of Evaporated Milk, Five $20 Bills Excerpted from Leaving Lucy Pear: A Novel by Anna SolomonIf they were coming, this was the night. The pears had stayed yellow and hard for so long that Bea had started… Anna Solomon July 21, 2016
Excerpt Mort, May 1947 Excerpted from The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen LoigmanThe domestic, feminine scene unfolding before Mort did nothing to improve his spirits. Upstairs, in his… Lynda Cohen Loigman April 26, 2016
Excerpt Seating Arrangements Excerpted from The Dinner Party: A Novel by Brenda JanowitzSylvia left the most difficult thing until the end. She had a habit of doing that — leaving things… Brenda Janowitz March 31, 2016
Excerpt It’s a Practical Thing, Love Excerpted from Casting Lots: Creating a Family in a Beautiful, Broken World by Susan Silverman.The quiet of nighttime. The girls are asleep and I can… Susan Silverman March 14, 2016
