
I contributed a guest blog post – Throwing off the Shackles of the To-Read Wish List – published by Submittable on 12 December 2017.
I contributed a guest blog post – Throwing off the Shackles of the To-Read Wish List – published by Submittable on 12 December 2017.
The Winter 2017 issue of culture: the word on cheese features my Urban Excursion article, “Käse Study,” on where to eat cheese in Berlin.
Update: The article is now available online here.
July 8th marked the 150th birthday of Käthe Kollwitz, the beloved German artist who many know as the sculptor of Mother with Her Dead Son, which can be seen inside Neue Wache in Berlin (though not at the moment as the memorial is under renovation).
Galerie Parterre Berlin is hosting an exhibition of Kollwitz’s work – Käthe Kollwitz und Berlin – through September 24, 2017. The gallery is situated on Danziger Strasse, on the former site of the gasworks of Prenzlauer Berg and is a fascinating space in and of itself.
Prenzlauer Berg is a fitting location for this exhibit, as Kollwitz lived in the neighborhood from 1891 through 1943, on the street that is now known as Kollwitz Strasse. The park on the street also bears her name and features a large sculpture of the artist. Continue reading “Käthe Kollwitz and Berlin: Exhibit at Galerie Parterre Berlin”
I am one of the writers interviewed by Pinar Tarhan for her article, “How 5 International Freelance Writers Got Their First Break,” over at WOW Women on Writing.
Following the publication of my translation of Ulrike Draesner’s poem, paper cone, in a recent issue, The Massachusetts Review published this interview with me over at its blog.
My translation of “paper cone,” by Ulrike Draesner, appeared in The Massachusetts Review, Spring 2017.
Now that my old book review site is gone forever, I will occasionally post old book reviews here, to give them new life. For my first #TBT Book Review, I celebrate Women’s History Month with a review of West with the Night, by Beryl Markham, the first female commercial pilot. Continue reading “TBT Book Review – West with the Night”
My essay, “My Year of Naming Things,” was published in the WOW! Women on Writing Newsletter, January 2017.
Two of my poems – “Ghazal” and “Parable of the Beginning” – appeared in the Winter 2016/2017 issue of Barrow Street. “Parable of the Beginning” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
My essay, “Two Ways of Reading a Book,” appeared as a Passages North “Writers on Writing” feature, December 2016.