Monkeys

Flash Fiction
By: | July 22, 2015

You had to buy a good monkey, to know where it came from, for at least five years of guaranteed love, you had to know what it had or… More

I Am All of Yourselves

Essay
By: | July 19, 2010

Was it because nobody expects the greatest Jewish writer since Kafka to be a part-time beauty columnist whose Chanel suits and wraparound sunglasses made her look more like a… More

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