Book Review: “Unterstadt” — A Nightmare Journey Into ‘The Lower City’Unterstadt by Ivana Šojat. Translated from the Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursać. Fraktura, 416 pages, $27.50. Published as part of the…Sep 27, 2024Sep 27, 2024
Published inMigrations ReviewSwift River . . . Paddling the Rapids of Raging AdolescenceFrom the moment I dived into Swift River, I was swimming through memory, in sync with Essie Chambers’s captivating heroine Diamond…Jun 21, 2024Jun 21, 2024
The Enduring Endurance of Charlotte and Her PigIn November, I shall have been a mother for fifty years. I never envisioned the possibility that one day my children would be older than I…Jun 6, 2024Jun 6, 2024
Published inMigrations ReviewLucky’s Not Good EnoughI wanted to love We Were the Lucky Ones, a Hulu original series. After all, the story resonates with me. Like my real-life Jewish family…Apr 27, 2024Apr 27, 2024
Darkness in the Vienna WoodsThough my mother’s family did not leave Europe until 1939, they knew for years before Nazi jackboots thundered through Vienna that they…Aug 25, 2023Aug 25, 2023
Published inMigrations ReviewShoe FeverIt was 2003, and my sweet baby cousin Adriana was getting married in San Francisco.Aug 2, 2023Aug 2, 2023
Published inMigrations ReviewOur Little KingWhen I was very young, my father was afflicted with a strange kind of wanderlust that impelled him to move his growing family often. We…Jul 28, 2023Jul 28, 2023
So Long, Frank GehryWhen I was young, Reader’s Digest, a subscription to which my 9 thGrade English teacher included in her yearly syllabus, ran a feature…Jul 19, 2023Jul 19, 2023
