Occasional Notes from a Practicing Writer

It’s been quite some time since I’ve shared a post about what’s happening in my own writing life. I won’t attempt to recap the past few months, but I will give you a quick overview of of what’s I’ve been up to as the new year 2023 gets going.

a notepad and a couple of pens
Photo by Jess Bailey on Unsplash.
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And Now for Something a Little Different

It’s Thursday, which means that you’re probably expecting a “Jewish Literary Links” post in this space. But it’s also Purim. And since I recently discovered that a Purim piece I published a few years back is no longer online, I’m going to re-publish the piece [slightly amended from its original version for Jewess magazine] right here. And by the way—you can also find the poem within the piece in Birthright: Poems. Chag sameach

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