Essay that appeared in The Atlantic Monthly about my son's disability
An essay that started with my mother's fur coat and ended up examining the construction of my female self
This began as a talk for my synagogue using the prophet Isaiah's diatribe about fasting and peoplehood and morphed into a reflection on Woodstock and ethics.
Online magazine essay in Motherwell
A memoir of our family experience with the genetic disease and disability Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Thesis on the design and history of wheelchairs in the U.S.
The first of many pieces for Print magazine about my parents' ephemera, this one about their high school literary magazines
When the five of us went to northern Italy, we found challenges and rewards in having a family member who used a wheelchair.
A look at both the actual object--the old galvanized steel grinder my parents used--and the memories evoked