Off the Coast of New Jersey
I was always amazed at the power of Long Beach Island, a skinny strip of sand off the coast of the mainland. We used to […]
Epiphany at the Metropolitan Museum
In this essay for Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, I write about the Disney film Beauty and the Beast, my family’s furniture store, and an epiphany at the Metropolitan Museum […]
The Library in the Laundry Room
In this essay for the online literary magazine Potato Soup Journal, I write about the library that sprang up in the basement of our New York […]
How to Think About Money
When the literary forum Read650 put out a call for essays about money, I knew I had to write about my mom’s best friend Adele, […]
The Truly Scary Things in Life
In March 2020, when theaters went dark, Read650 was poised to present a live show at the New Rochelle Public Library. More than 18 months later, the writers’ […]
The Chicken Pie Shop
A couple years ago, Stan and I went back to San Diego, the place where we got together. I hadn’t been there in many years, […]
The Blank Page
This is the first in an occasional series of conversations with writers and other artists about why we do what we do. A few weeks […]
Live from New York City, it’s Read650!
Read650 is back! More than a year after the first coronavirus lockdowns began, Read650 returns to the stage at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, for […]
Young Kwok “Corky” Lee (1947 – 2021)
For 50 years, Corky Lee showed up whenever and wherever Asian Americans were making news, using his camera, as he liked to say, to commit […]
Small Town Jews
I can’t help but wonder what my dad would have thought about the recent violence in Israel and Palestine. Dad was an ardent Zionist, hosting […]