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Watching a candle burn
One of the Jewish traditions is that you burn a candle for the dead for seven days. So last Monday, actually a day after my mom died, the funeral home asked me if I wanted one - and since I've been picking and choosing between the traditions that feel right to me, I...
Memorial for my mom
Memorial for my mom My mother was a complicated woman, and my relationship with her was not always easy. But I loved my mother, and I know she loved me and was proud of me. One of the very few times, in fact, that I think I ever really disappointed her was back when I...
Odd, but, hey, he calls me ‘Austen-esque.’
This is possibly the oddest review I have ever received and begs the question: why was this particular critic, who clearly neither likes nor is familiar with this "prosaic genre,"was assigned this book. (I also wonder why, for all his own fastidious prose, he could...
Photos of my mom
Scanned these in to put on memorial program for Wednesday: 2009 and (approx) 1975:(not sure how to flip the newer one, sorry.)
What I said at Brookline Booksmith last night.
Thank you for coming tonight.As many of you know, I lost my mother on Sunday, so I’d actually like to start this reading by talking a little about her, before going onto my new book. There is a connection: My mother came to several of my readings here at Brookline...
“Simon scores…”
"Simon scores with the spectral Mr. Grey and the likable Dulcie." – PW 3/15/10Whee!
So you want a signed book…
Hi folks,I often get emails asking if I can sign and mail books. I'm always happy to! But sometimes the logistics can get complicated. So, I thought I'd get out ahead of this one. I'll be doing a launch event (reading/signing) at Brookline Booksmith next Tuesday,...
“Girl Who Fell From the Sky” by Heidi Durrow
Meant to post this review, which I wrote for the Boston Globe. Belatedly... "Does truth, as well as beauty, exist in the eye of the beholder? That’s one of the questions posed in Bellwether Prize-winner Heidi Durrow’s heartbreaking debut, “The Girl Who Fell From the...
Thank you, Richmond Times-Dispatch
From today's Richmond Times-Dispatch:"Back-stabbing, jealousy and gamesmanship. Is it corporate America? Or could it be academia? In Grey Matters (232 pages, Severn House, $28.95), the second installment in Clea Simon's series featuring Harvard grad student Dulcie...
How self-referential can we be?
This Court Reporter blog noted my blog as covering a variety of topics "from animal rights to crime fiction." Um, I guess I'd better get back to updating this!