Selected essays, articles and stories
"Desperately Seeking Subtext," Creative Nonfiction, 2012. In Press.
"Laura Dead Thirty-Nine Years," Under the Sun, Texas Technical University, Cookeville, TN, Summer 2011, pps. 18 – 29.
"A Fillmore East 'Candy Chick' Looks Back," EastVillage.thelocal.nytimes.com September 23, 2011
"Street Sense," City Paper, Pittsburgh, PA, April 7, 2011
Knocked Out, (an excerpt) Keeping the Wolves at Bay, Autumn House Press, Pittsburgh, PA. Spring 2010.
"After Which Everything Changed," Confrontation, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, No. 107,Summer 2010, pps. 171-183.
"In the Hammam," Swink Magazine. May 2010.
“Skin,” Seneca Review, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, Fall 2009/Spring 2010, pps 126–132.
“A Love Story,” Bombay Gin 35:2 Naropa University, Boulder, CO., Spring 2009, pps. 60-64.
“On Throwing Out My Journals” Superstition Review. ASU at the Polytechnic Campus, Issue 3, Spring 2009.
“A Bear in Tel Aviv” Brevity, issue 30, May 2009
“Independent Means,” "Lives." New York Times Magazine, October 7, 2007.
“Funny Feet.” Maggid: A Journal of Jewish Literature, The Toby Press, New Milford, CT, November 2009.
“The Fourth Visit,” Maggid: A Journal of Jewish Literature, The Toby Press, New Milford, CT, 2005, pps. 169-177
“Fear and Living in Dangerous Places.” Focus, Carnegie Mellon University, No. 4, April 2005, p. 5
“Rachel at Work: Enclosed, A Mother’s Report.” Creative Nonfiction 20, Summer 2003, Pittsburgh, PA. pps. 113-130.
“The Enormous Phone Call.” Fourth Genre, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Fall 2002, pps. 66-75.
“Rachel at Seventeen.” More, New York, NY, June 2002, pps. 60-65.
“Consoling Lessons.” Self, New York, NY, March 2002, pps. 130-131.
“Fear of Flying.” Real Simple, New York, NY, November 2001. pps. 106-107.
“The Anatomy of Worry.” Prairie Schooner, Spring 2001, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. pp. 95-101.
“On Forgiveness.” River Teeth - A Journal of Narrative Nonfiction. Fall 2000. Ashland University, Ashland, OH, pps. 96-108.
“Victim of Circumstance.” The New York Times Magazine, “Lives,” April 2, 2000, p 82.
“My Real Father.” Fathers, Claudia O’Keefe, ed., Pocket Books, New York. May 2000, pps .172-184.
"Rachel Flies Alone." The Massachusetts Review, Amherst, MA. Summer, 1999, pp. 193-204.
"The Black Dog." Prairie Schooner, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. Fall 1998, pp. 3 - 10.
"Healing Rituals for Miscarriage." Self, New York, NY., June 1997, pp. 130 to 139-140.
"The Story of Her Success." Fiction. Carnegie Mellon Magazine, vol. 15, no. 4, summer 1997, p. 12.
"On Regret." The Sun, Chapel Hill, NC. December 1996, pp. 15-18.
"How and Why." Creative Nonfiction, Pittsburgh, PA, no. 6, Summer 1996. pp. 35-40.
"The Silent Struggle." Self, New York, NY, July 1996, pp. 122-125 to 158-159.
"Babysitting." In: Jewish Girls: Growing up in America. Marlene Adler Marks, ed., Plume/Penguin. NY., 1996. pp. 41-49.
"Taking Care." Creative Nonfiction, Pittsburgh, PA, no 3, Summer 1995, pp. 67-76.
"Making Rachel Big." "Hers," New York Times Magazine, May 1994, p. 20.
"Another Writer's Life." Poets and Writers, New York, NY May/June 1994, pp. 22-27.
"Like Fire." Confrontation, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, Fall 1994/Winter 1995 pp. 147-159
"My Sister's Murder." Glamour, April 1992. pp. 254-255 to 289-291.
"Taking Rachel Swimming." Ms., Sept.-Oct. 1991, pp. 40-41.
"About Loving Rachel." Scholastic Voice, September 1991, p. 15
"Devotion." Mademoiselle, New York, NY, 1979, pp. 234-244.
"How I Got Married." Prairie Schooner, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 1978. pp. 244-253
Reprints and Anthologies
“Rachel at Work,” in: Love You to Pieces. Creative Writers on Raising a Child with Special Needs, Suzanne Kamata, ed. Beacon Press, 2008.
“Victim of Circumstances,” in Writing from Sources, Brenda Spatt, ed. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007
“How and Why,”in To Tell The Truth: Practice and Craft in Narrative Nonfiction, Connie Griffin, ed. Longman, 2008.
“Rachel at Work: Enclosed, A Mother’s Report.” In Rage and Reconciliation: Inspiring a Healthcare Revolution, Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX, 2005, pps. 171-189.
“Anatomy of Worry.” Lilith Magazine, New York, NY. Vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 2001, pps. 25-26.
“Victim of Circumstance.” In Reading Matters: A Collection of Readings for Writers, Fink and Gautreaux, eds. Thomson Publishing, Boston, MA, January 2001, pps. 47-48.
"How and Why." In The Essayist at Work, Lee Gutkind, ed., Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 1998, pps. 214-219.
"Taking Care." In Survival Stories - Memoirs of Crisis, Kathryn Rhett, ed., Doubleday/Anchor, September 1997, pps. 181-191.
"Taking Rachel Swimming." In New Woman, North Sydney, Australia, July 1992, pps 54-55.
"Making Rachel Big." Syndicated by the New York Times.
"Taking Rachel Swimming." In Educating Exceptional Children, Kirk, Gallagher, Anastasiow, eds., Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1993, pps. 388-389 and inside back cover.
Excerpt of Loving Rachel in Family Circle, New York, NY, April 26, 1988, pp. 1-10.
Excerpt of Loving Rachel in Woman's World, Englewood, NJ, June 1989, pps. 44-45.
Excerpt of Departures in Redbook, New York, NY, Oct. 1979, pps. 193-215.
Film
"Hill Dancers" animated short, Story. 2012.
“Rachel Is” "consultant" 2009.
“A Cure for Dreams.” Adaptation of the Kaye Gibbons novel, Firebird Films, Screenplay. First draft, 121 pps., 1997.
“This Little Light of Mine.” Shufflelufigus Productions, Warner Bros. Screenplay. Third draft, 126 pps. 1995.
“Fifty-Eighth Street.” Embassy Communications, Story, 51 pps. 1988.
“Seven Minutes in Heaven.” Warner Bros., 1986. Co-written screenplay. Produced,1986.
“The Girl with the Incredible Feeling.” Phoenix Films. Story, 60 pps,. 1978
Sex Education Film, Albany Medical College. 1974. Produced screenplay, 1978.
"Desperately Seeking Subtext," Creative Nonfiction, 2012. In Press.
"Laura Dead Thirty-Nine Years," Under the Sun, Texas Technical University, Cookeville, TN, Summer 2011, pps. 18 – 29.
"A Fillmore East 'Candy Chick' Looks Back," EastVillage.thelocal.nytimes.com September 23, 2011
"Street Sense," City Paper, Pittsburgh, PA, April 7, 2011
Knocked Out, (an excerpt) Keeping the Wolves at Bay, Autumn House Press, Pittsburgh, PA. Spring 2010.
"After Which Everything Changed," Confrontation, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, No. 107,Summer 2010, pps. 171-183.
"In the Hammam," Swink Magazine. May 2010.
“Skin,” Seneca Review, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, Fall 2009/Spring 2010, pps 126–132.
“A Love Story,” Bombay Gin 35:2 Naropa University, Boulder, CO., Spring 2009, pps. 60-64.
“On Throwing Out My Journals” Superstition Review. ASU at the Polytechnic Campus, Issue 3, Spring 2009.
“A Bear in Tel Aviv” Brevity, issue 30, May 2009
“Independent Means,” "Lives." New York Times Magazine, October 7, 2007.
“Funny Feet.” Maggid: A Journal of Jewish Literature, The Toby Press, New Milford, CT, November 2009.
“The Fourth Visit,” Maggid: A Journal of Jewish Literature, The Toby Press, New Milford, CT, 2005, pps. 169-177
“Fear and Living in Dangerous Places.” Focus, Carnegie Mellon University, No. 4, April 2005, p. 5
“Rachel at Work: Enclosed, A Mother’s Report.” Creative Nonfiction 20, Summer 2003, Pittsburgh, PA. pps. 113-130.
“The Enormous Phone Call.” Fourth Genre, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Fall 2002, pps. 66-75.
“Rachel at Seventeen.” More, New York, NY, June 2002, pps. 60-65.
“Consoling Lessons.” Self, New York, NY, March 2002, pps. 130-131.
“Fear of Flying.” Real Simple, New York, NY, November 2001. pps. 106-107.
“The Anatomy of Worry.” Prairie Schooner, Spring 2001, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. pp. 95-101.
“On Forgiveness.” River Teeth - A Journal of Narrative Nonfiction. Fall 2000. Ashland University, Ashland, OH, pps. 96-108.
“Victim of Circumstance.” The New York Times Magazine, “Lives,” April 2, 2000, p 82.
“My Real Father.” Fathers, Claudia O’Keefe, ed., Pocket Books, New York. May 2000, pps .172-184.
"Rachel Flies Alone." The Massachusetts Review, Amherst, MA. Summer, 1999, pp. 193-204.
"The Black Dog." Prairie Schooner, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. Fall 1998, pp. 3 - 10.
"Healing Rituals for Miscarriage." Self, New York, NY., June 1997, pp. 130 to 139-140.
"The Story of Her Success." Fiction. Carnegie Mellon Magazine, vol. 15, no. 4, summer 1997, p. 12.
"On Regret." The Sun, Chapel Hill, NC. December 1996, pp. 15-18.
"How and Why." Creative Nonfiction, Pittsburgh, PA, no. 6, Summer 1996. pp. 35-40.
"The Silent Struggle." Self, New York, NY, July 1996, pp. 122-125 to 158-159.
"Babysitting." In: Jewish Girls: Growing up in America. Marlene Adler Marks, ed., Plume/Penguin. NY., 1996. pp. 41-49.
"Taking Care." Creative Nonfiction, Pittsburgh, PA, no 3, Summer 1995, pp. 67-76.
"Making Rachel Big." "Hers," New York Times Magazine, May 1994, p. 20.
"Another Writer's Life." Poets and Writers, New York, NY May/June 1994, pp. 22-27.
"Like Fire." Confrontation, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, Fall 1994/Winter 1995 pp. 147-159
"My Sister's Murder." Glamour, April 1992. pp. 254-255 to 289-291.
"Taking Rachel Swimming." Ms., Sept.-Oct. 1991, pp. 40-41.
"About Loving Rachel." Scholastic Voice, September 1991, p. 15
"Devotion." Mademoiselle, New York, NY, 1979, pp. 234-244.
"How I Got Married." Prairie Schooner, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 1978. pp. 244-253
Reprints and Anthologies
“Rachel at Work,” in: Love You to Pieces. Creative Writers on Raising a Child with Special Needs, Suzanne Kamata, ed. Beacon Press, 2008.
“Victim of Circumstances,” in Writing from Sources, Brenda Spatt, ed. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007
“How and Why,”in To Tell The Truth: Practice and Craft in Narrative Nonfiction, Connie Griffin, ed. Longman, 2008.
“Rachel at Work: Enclosed, A Mother’s Report.” In Rage and Reconciliation: Inspiring a Healthcare Revolution, Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX, 2005, pps. 171-189.
“Anatomy of Worry.” Lilith Magazine, New York, NY. Vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 2001, pps. 25-26.
“Victim of Circumstance.” In Reading Matters: A Collection of Readings for Writers, Fink and Gautreaux, eds. Thomson Publishing, Boston, MA, January 2001, pps. 47-48.
"How and Why." In The Essayist at Work, Lee Gutkind, ed., Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, 1998, pps. 214-219.
"Taking Care." In Survival Stories - Memoirs of Crisis, Kathryn Rhett, ed., Doubleday/Anchor, September 1997, pps. 181-191.
"Taking Rachel Swimming." In New Woman, North Sydney, Australia, July 1992, pps 54-55.
"Making Rachel Big." Syndicated by the New York Times.
"Taking Rachel Swimming." In Educating Exceptional Children, Kirk, Gallagher, Anastasiow, eds., Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1993, pps. 388-389 and inside back cover.
Excerpt of Loving Rachel in Family Circle, New York, NY, April 26, 1988, pp. 1-10.
Excerpt of Loving Rachel in Woman's World, Englewood, NJ, June 1989, pps. 44-45.
Excerpt of Departures in Redbook, New York, NY, Oct. 1979, pps. 193-215.
Film
"Hill Dancers" animated short, Story. 2012.
“Rachel Is” "consultant" 2009.
“A Cure for Dreams.” Adaptation of the Kaye Gibbons novel, Firebird Films, Screenplay. First draft, 121 pps., 1997.
“This Little Light of Mine.” Shufflelufigus Productions, Warner Bros. Screenplay. Third draft, 126 pps. 1995.
“Fifty-Eighth Street.” Embassy Communications, Story, 51 pps. 1988.
“Seven Minutes in Heaven.” Warner Bros., 1986. Co-written screenplay. Produced,1986.
“The Girl with the Incredible Feeling.” Phoenix Films. Story, 60 pps,. 1978
Sex Education Film, Albany Medical College. 1974. Produced screenplay, 1978.