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Questions from readers

I love getting emails from readers! I try to be good about replying to all of them, although sometimes it takes me a while. This email, from a student who wants to be a writer and is doing a project about it for school, had questions in it that I thought would be fun to […]

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I am afraid

I have watched this Republican primary with amusement. As a Democrat, it’s hard not to. The old adage, “Never interfere with an enemy while he’s in the process of destroying himself,” certainly seems to apply, although I’ve never wanted to think of Republicans as my enemy before. I was ten years old when Ronald Reagan […]

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Long-awaited

Thanks so much to School Library Journal for highlighting THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY in their “Libro por libro” section. The article is called “Long-Awaited: YA and memoirs for and about Latino teens” and it’s by Tim Wadham, thedirector of the Puyallup Public Library in Washington State. Call it the lucky “A name” charm, but […]

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Wonder

I have always had a thing for Wonder Woman. Today, I am wearing one of my severalWonder Woman T-shirts. I have a cute little Wonder Woman ring I got handmade on Etsy. On the door to my bedroom is a cartoon of her looking fierce and fighting off some dinosaur-like creature (I wonder what Freud […]

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It’s one of those moments

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” Matthew 25:35 I was appalled but not surprised when one governor after another began to announce that they would not welcome Syrian refugees into their states. It was a symbolic […]

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Word of the day: manichean

I know it’s not good for me, but after a major event like the Paris bombing I will spend a few days watching the 24-hour news channels. Because I rarely watch them, I am more sensitive than I used to be to how much they try to sow fear and stir up sentiment. Last night […]

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(PHOTO) Nutley Library Day

Thank you so much to the wonderful staff at Nutley Library and the Clifton Commons Barnes and Noble for a greatday of bookish fun! I was delighted to speak to the great group there, especially since the Clifton Barnes and Noble holds a special place in my heart. It is a place where I used […]

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Dear City of Lights

So many pixels will be aimed in your direction now, dear Paris. Mine will hardly count. I have kept you in my back pocket, waiting to visit you at the right time. So I don’t even have a story to share of your beauty or your grace. For this, I am sorry. Cities are interesting […]

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The great war

Yes, I am being invaded. In response I’ve declared war. To pantry moths. This is serious. Let me start by telling you I don’t keep food in my cupboards. There is some food coloring from when my kids were in grammar school and wanted to make something I’ve forgotten but which I’m pretty sure we […]

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Books I love to re-read

I was recently asked what myfive favorite books are. Of course that’s impossible to decide. My favorite books change from day to day and mood to mood. As it it I am usually reading at least two at a time so I can have reading material for every whim. (My now-ex-husband used to hate how […]

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