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Fire at CT’s Shakespeare Theater
My heart weeps for a Connecticut theater destroyed by fire recently. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/arts/stratford-shakespeare-theater-fire.html I grew up attending performances at the American Shakespeare Festival Theater in Stratford, CT. My mother took my sister and me to its shows, mostly Shakespeare plays; it’s … Continue reading
Posted in commentary, Education, Family, Shakespeare, teaching, Theater
Tagged commentary, family, Fire, interviews, marriage, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Theater in CT, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, teaching, theater
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Sharing Amanda at Bat
It’s summer! Little League baseball and t-ball games are in full swing. Before school let out, I shared Amanda at Bat with fourth graders at a public school in Teaneck, NJ. My friend Caleb, one of the teachers, invited me to … Continue reading
Do Something
Do Something. It’s a mantra that’s been playing inside my head since the 2016 election. Last July, I joined the League of Women Voters, a nearly 100-year-old organization dedicated to preserving our democracy. Inspired by a friend in Connecticut whose chapter teaches … Continue reading
Posted in aging, Education, teaching, women
Tagged commentary, Democracy, Do Something, education, League of Women Voters, teaching, voting, women
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Back to School: Teachable Moments
Visiting my sister Madeline last week, we took in the eclipse and did some errands before she returned to work as a teacher on Wednesday. She’d been into her classroom several times over the summer, labeling bookshelves, covering bulletin boards, … Continue reading
Posted in commentary, Education, Family, teaching, Writing
Tagged Back to School, Civil Unrest, Climate Change, commentary, education, Hurricane Harvey, teaching, Trump
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Trump’s Vocabulary
As a child, I discovered the thesaurus and loved finding synonyms for words. My parents had the old-fashioned kind, organized conceptually instead of alphabetically, and I spent hours making word lists. As a writer, I love the thesaurus. As a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, commentary, Education, Grandchildren, parenting, Reading, teaching, Writing
Tagged Books, commentary, education, Grandchildren, parenting, Philip Roth, Reading, teaching, The New Yorker, thesaurus, Trump, vocabulary, writing
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9/11 & Grandparents Day: Choices to Make
It’s National Grandparents Day. It’s also the 15th anniversary of 9/11. And both these days resonate for me. On Sept. 11, 2001, I was teaching 8th grade Language Arts in South Orange, NJ when the principal made a vague announcement over … Continue reading
Posted in commentary, Education, Family, History, New York City, parenting, teaching, Writing
Tagged 9/11, commentary, education, Election 2016, family, Grandparents Day, Hillary Clinton, history, New York City, parenting, politics, teaching
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Amanda at Bat: Some Readers Respond
My sister Madeline, an ESOL teacher in Silver Spring, Maryland shared my book Amanda at Bat with her school, reading it to several classes of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. They wrote me letters about the book. Some shared how … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Education, Reading, teaching, Writing
Tagged Amanda at Bat, Books, education, Lisa K. Winkler, reading to children, teaching, writing
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Stephen King’s 11/22/63
When I tell people I’m reading a Stephen King novel, many are surprised. Really? Isn’t he all horror? The skeptics ask. Not all his books. And over the years, I’ve managed to read quite a few that capture the imagination, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, commentary, Education, History, Movies & TV, Reading, teaching, travel, Writing
Tagged 11/22/63, Books, commentary, education, history, James Franco, Reading, reviews, Stephen King, teaching, television, time travel
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Book Talk at Son of A Saint, New Orleans
Monday through Thursday, from 3:30-8 pm, a group of boys, ranging in ages 10-18, find their way to the Son of A Saint clubhouse,in the Mid-City section of New Orleans. They attend different schools; have various interests and economic backgrounds. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Education, Friendship, History, Reading, teaching, teenagers, Writing
Tagged Black Lives Matter, Books, education, history, Miles Dean, On the Trail of the Ancestors, Reading, Son of A Saint, Sonny Lee III, teaching
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Poet Lee Bennett Hopkins
The world of children’s literature lost a champion this week with the death of Lee Bennett Hopkins, poet and anthologist. I had the good fortune to meet and interview Hopkins when I was working as a graduate assistant to Dr. … Continue reading →