Monday Gratitude: Celebrating the Class of 2020

By Barbara Josselsohn | April 11, 2022 |

I’m grateful for a Sunday spent clothes shopping with my daughter – and not just any shopping: we were shopping for a dress for her to wear to her twice-delayed college graduation, now scheduled for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend! I know that my family’s pandemic experience pales in comparison to what so many others…

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French Braid by Anne Tyler

By Barbara Josselsohn | April 8, 2022 |

  Anne Tyler is the author who made me want to be a novelist, so I pick up her books the moment they release! And I’m so excited to have FRENCH BRAID in my hands! I’ve just started it but already cannot put it down. Tyler is the quintessential author’s author — she does so…

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Writing Community Love! AWP 2022 in Philadelphia

By Barbara Josselsohn | March 28, 2022 |

I am so grateful for writing communities that give my creativity and motivation a boost! Last week I was lucky enough to attend AWP in Philadelphia, where I connected with The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College director Courtney Gillette. I also enjoyed a fabulous reading at the A Novel Idea bookshop which featured amazing…

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Crazy to Leave You

By Barbara Josselsohn | March 25, 2022 |

  So glad I got an early look at Marilyn Rothstein’s new novel, Crazy to Leave You! Marilyn’s brand of humor — surprising, quick-paced, a drop edgy, but always good natured — makes for a wonderfully entertaining and engrossing read. Coming out in May. Pre-order now!

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Joyful Gelati

By Barbara Josselsohn | March 21, 2022 |

Today I’m grateful for joyous pictures of  gelato outside the Pantheon on Rome! No, I’m not there — but relishing the experience vicariously. So glad my daughter’s postponed European trip from two years ago has come true!  

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