Boris is a middle-aged grocer with a stained t-shirt and a big grin. He prefers customers who pay in cash, and he tosses apples to the latchkey kids who come by after school. He donates blood as often as he can. He’s unfazed by needles and knows that … [Continue reading] about What We Don’t Understand
Conditions of Creativity: Rebecca Handler and Vendela Vida in Conversation
LA REVIEW OF BOOKS, AUGUST 6, 2021 REBECCA HANDLER IS a writer who lives and works in San Francisco. Her stories have been published in several anthologies, and she blogs regularly. Edie Richter is Not Alone (2021) is … [Continue reading] about Conditions of Creativity: Rebecca Handler and Vendela Vida in Conversation
The Hardest Part
The hardest part of cancer is walking into the infusion center week after week. The hardest part is smelling the alcohol swabs, wearing yet another wristband, and seeing the avocado drawing with the caption, “You guac!” The hardest part is answering … [Continue reading] about The Hardest Part
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s 2021 First Novel Prize
I am delighted to share that my novel Edie Richter is Not Alone is longlisted for The Center for Fiction's 2021 First Novel Prize!! Edie would be shocked and nervous about so many people learning her awful secret. There are so many wonderful books on … [Continue reading] about Longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s 2021 First Novel Prize