We all learn that life is unpredictable, and that there has always been trauma in this world, but it usually happens in waves- a hurricane here, a car accident there. These are nothing to write off, the nervous system responds to all traumas, but these days, it feels like the whole world is on fire. We all need to consider the effects of barbarous acts including war on each of us as human beings in thinking [...]
While the color white has typically stood for women’s rights to vote, speak out, and be heard in the political process, Greta Gerwig’s summer smash movie, Barbie, colorized in its multiple hues of pink, makes one wonder if perhaps pink is perhaps the new white, or white’s newest sister. While I saw this movie with my two twenty something year old daughters in early August, I see as of now, (late October), that it’s still actively [...]
I’ve been waiting to write this blog post since a couple of weeks ago when I first heard that the late Sinead O’Conner suddenly passed away at age 56. She was an amazingly gifted and complex individual who screamed out for help through her songs and her actions. Whether you agreed with and understood her cries or not, she had a voice that couldn’t be ignored, and she spoke to millions of people about her pain [...]
Writing to express oneself versus writing a story others want to read can be two very different processes. The first is raw; the second is edited. The path in between is not linear. For me, I began my story with an idea about a self-isolated, ungrounded woman who lives in her head without a sense of where she belongs in the world, except in studying ancient history, anthropology, and archaeology. Her full identity revolves around her [...]
Klara’s Truth is my debut novel, and my first published piece ever, other than an article I wrote for the Medium’s blog Invisible Illness at the beginning of the pandemic. A friend recently asked me if I’ve always been a writer, and I replied, “Actually, no.” He was a bit surprised. I thought back to writing as a kid. I spent much of fourth grade, writing about a girl named Elvira in a black and white [...]