One spring morning when I was four, I had a brush with death. My mother had just walked me and my little sister to “The Butcher’s,” a corner store two blocks from our house in Amsterdam, New York. Its real name was Partyka’s Market, after the family who owned it, but we never called it … Read more
The contest has ended and the winner of my giveaway prize is: YJ Wang who will be receiving a signed copy of my memoir, Off Kilter, and a package of imported Polish candy. Congratulations to YJ! And a big thank you to everyone who took the time to stop by here and enter the contest. … Read more
Since a large part of Off Kilter is about growing up Polish-American, I’m curious about how other writers have thought about their ethnic heritage. I’ve created a workshop called “Writing Our Cultural Traditions,” and presented it at three different conferences – in Austin and Houston, TX and in Blue Bell, PA. One of the examples … Read more