Stories, Articles, Essays

Short Fiction

The Dragon in the Forest
This is a children's story that I would eventually like to publish as a picture book. It is currently published with illustrations at the Bedtime-Story web site.

Literary Interviews and Essays

To Decipher the World Around Us: Alberto Manguel on the History of Reading
My interview with renowned Canadian author/editor/essayist Alberto Manguel is the cover feature in the Fall 1997 issue of Canadian Author, the defunct, but at the time, oldest and most respected writer's magazine in Canada.

Joie De Vivre: The Franco-Albertan Music Scene
An article prepared for the October, 1997 issue of Cameo, a now-defunct arts and lifestyle magazine distributed throughout Western Canada. This piece was a labor of love, taking over three months to research and write -- Dave Garneau, former Cameo Editor, told me this was the most in depth article the magazine ever published.

An Interview With Barry Lopez
This talk with famed writer Barry Lopez appears in the 1998 edition of Baybury Review, a literary annual distributed in the Midwest United States.

Canadian Women Poets on the Internet
Published in the electronic literary journal Perihilion, this article gained attention from poets across the country including Douglas Barbour.

Konstantin Wecker: A Voice of Passion
Sounds Celebrating Resistance is an alternative paper in the States that covers political music. This piece was commissioned for and published in issue #5, March 1999.

Book Reviews

Book Review: The Righteous by Sir Martin Gilbert
Some of my book reviews for the Edmonton Journal were reprinted, with permission, at the Stop Hate website. Stop Hate deals with various human rights issues.

Book Review: Child Survivors of the Holocaust by Paul Valent
Another of my reviews at the Stop Hate site.

Book Review: A Season in Bethlehem: Unholy War in a Sacred place by Joshua Hammer
Another Journal book review at Stop Hate.

Relationships

I write quite extensively about male-female relationships, often drawn from my personal experience and observations.

Single Jewish Female: Dating within the faith
A slightly tongue-in-cheek look at the pros and cons of dating someone of your own faith, especially when available prospects are few and far between.

Why Am I Still Single?
Another article drawn from my personal experiences, from Relationship Well Being.

My Life In The Movies
In this piece, I compare my life to the situations presented in the films My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Mambo Italiano.

How To Break Up Gracefully
Ten points of advice.

Living in the Past
How to get your mind out from being stuck in the past, and into the present.

Chef Profiles

The following are from Where Edmonton.

Service with a Style: Chef Robert Wong Puts Performance on the Menu

Food For Life: Pradera's Pride: Chef Ross Munro

Flavour Rules: Chef Paul Greene Reveals His Culinary Secrets


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  • Created: July 11, 1997
  • Last updated: November 19, 2004