Saved by Emily Silverman, MD
Baby Girl
On a rainy Saturday morning, some twenty writers, published and aspiring, piled into one of the bookstores for a workshop called “Texts and Betrayal: Secrets and Boundaries.” The session was led by Irena Klepfisz, a poet, essayist, and child survivor of the Holocaust whose work I’ve long admired. After brief introductions, she led the group through... See more
Ruth Franklin • "Who cares about Mom's inner life?"
... See moreAs the eldest daughter of an eldest daughter, my mom, I grew up seeing her slave away, holding her self-worth so tightly to how much of herself she could give up. No more, I say. Let me break the toxic cycle that has kept our inner child captive. I relieve myself of the illusion that everything, everyone, depends on me. I release the idea that I am