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Sara Oliver's avatar

Do you think that it would be horrible of me to try and write because...when I was in fifth grade my teacher made us look up words in the dictionary from stories that we were reading. So I discovered the dictionary. I started looking up words in the dictionary and learned that my dad would use words incorrectly. He would read books and impress his friends who would say, " Oh your dad is so intelligent." My dad and his friends were drinkers and pot heads and used other various substances at times. I did hate him, and he was a sadistic person. But I was born with a lazy eye and unfortunately the only thing that I can do with any sort of skill is use fancy words that would get me into trouble in my everyday life. I regret having tried or cared in school, but unfortunately I have this nerdish demeanor that I have been unable to rid myself of into middle age. I don't understand why Hashem never seemed to get the memo that the world needs less allergic, myopic people like myself. I was raised around Catholics and former Catholics. And I will say to myself or God or both. "That is not funny Hashem. That is not funny that you allowed these two people to get together just long enough for someone as painful awkward as myself to come into being. " I like to think of Hashem as the fourth stooge and am so going to Hell for that.

Anyway, I hope that someone might find this amusing.

Your books made me think that I could do this but maybe not.

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Nancy Heckler's avatar

Enjoying your latest, “ Vera” and have been reading everything that you write since a co-worker handed me a paperback copy, held together by a rubber band, of “ The Russian Debutante’s Handbook”.

The New Yorker article of Oct 4, 2021, paragraph four……

The cover of Vera, with the young girl's head shaped very much like……

The bow tie that looks like a gift bow…..

Surely I am not the only person to comment..

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