Yesterday I announced some very exciting news on Letters to Josep, and I’m going to share it here as well! (Apologies to those who are seeing it twice… but you have to admit, it’s exciting enough to bear repeating!) Yep! I’m going to Catalonia in 10 days!!! And I’m dragging Josep into the spotlight to […]
‘For Book Clubs & Educators’ Page & Discussion of ‘Cockatoo Tears’
Hello everyone, I hope the summer has been treating you well! I have two announcements: By Light of Hidden Candles Discussion Guide & ‘For Book Clubs & Educators’ Page I mentioned recently that my publisher and I were developing a discussion guide for book clubs reading By Light of Hidden Candles. I’m pleased to announce that […]
Blog Posts & Hidden Candles Discussion Guide
Hey there! I have a few things to share with you: Guest Post on Researching a Novel Last week, fellow author Hannah Ross hosted a guest post from me on her blog, Flight of Fantasy: How to Research Your Novel from the Comfort of Your Home, with Daniella Levy. Did you know that I did […]
My Short Story ‘Cockatoo Tears’ Published in Qu Literary Magazine
Greetings all! I’m very pleased to announce that my short story, Cockatoo Tears, was published in the Spring 2018 edition of Qu Literary Magazine, a contemporary journal from Queens University of Charlotte. Here’s the opening section: “Mom. We have to save the rainforests.” These were the seven words with which my seven-year-old greeted me as she […]
Video of Maqlooba Ceremony from Scarf Sisters!
A few months ago I shared a short story of mine, Scarf Sisters, about an Israeli settler who bonds with a Palestinian woman over their identical headscarves. When I read the story to an audience in Jerusalem, I was asked by several people it was based on a true story. It wasn’t, but there were elements […]
My Poems ‘Ghosts’ and ‘Translucent’ Published in Love Like Salt
Love Like Salt is a poetry anthology recently published by Like This Press and edited by Amy Burne, an English student at Manchester Metropolitan University. In her call for submissions, she wrote that the aim of the collection is “to reveal the fragility of human emotions whilst exploring the inevitable routines and relationships we build today, […]
Scarf Sisters – Short Story
Last week, I participated in a launch event for arc 25, literary journal of the Israel Association of Writers in English. Around 100 people turned up–a lot more than expected!–and it was awesome to meet the faces behind the wonderful poetry and prose that appears in the journal. I had a great time! You can […]
My Poem ‘Stardust’ Published by Poetica & More News
Right, so first of all, my poem Stardust was just published in the 2017 Mizmor L’David Anthology by Poetica Publishing. You can read or download the full anthology as a PDF on the Poetica website here; Stardust appears on page 51. An excerpt: i don’t have to be the brightest thread in the carpet or the […]
My Poem “From the Graves of My Ancestors” Published in Stonecoast Review
I’m very pleased to tell you that my poem, From the Graves of My Ancestors, was published this month in the Stonecoast Review, a student-run literary journal based in Maine. The poem was inspired by a lecture by Dominique Tomasov, an activist and researcher who contacted me after stumbling across my article on antisemitism in Spain […]
The Lost Couscous Chapters (Deleted Scenes)
Today I’d like to share a few sections that didn’t make the final cut in By Light of Hidden Candles. Food and drink are an important symbol in the book, signifying both heritage and tradition (as with traditional foods mentioned and the wine Abraham provides to the conversos), and nurturing and connection (the porridge Tomás cooks […]
