Tag: New York City
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About that vaccine…
I got my second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in New York City on Saturday, an emotional experience. It was at one of the NYC vaccine hubs called PODs, set up by the Health Department. I had been working for 12 hour shifts once a week to help get New Yorkers vaccinated. The PODs…
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Distracted by Death: New York Stories
I used to have an obsession with death. Lately, I have come to think of it as more of a distraction but it still definitely sparks my imagination. I’ve just published a new collection that contains all of my novellas and short stories in one place, titled Distracted by Death: New York Stories on the…
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Zika: The STD We Aren’t Thinking About Yet
Mosquitoes carrying Zika haven’t reached the U.S., but we do have 819 Zika-infected people here who could pass the virus on to others through sex.
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After the Layoff: a Novella
“I am free and that is why I am lost.”– Franz Kafka For someone who has become a slave to their work, unemployment is a strange kind of freedom. In the second novella of my new fiction book, The Doctor’s Dreams, the character Eve Wissen feels like a decapitated, single head of household after a…
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Rap Remix of Great Classics with Baba Brinkman
Rap artist Baba Brinkman performs great classics remixed, in his theater show Canterbury Tales Remixed. This weekend the show is in New York City, and it tours internationally. Whether experiencing the show as a purist or as a tourist, the performance rocks with vitality. The monologues begin with tales of the hero Gilgamesh from ancient…
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