Vertical Girl
My outdoorsy boyfriend lived for the feeling of shoving his feet into one-size- too-small rock climber shoes and dangling off the sides of cliffs.
Non-Fiction
Finally, the Right Size
Already 5’9” at twelve years old, I never knew where my hands were until I bumped into a doorway or where my feet were until I tripped over…
Day of the Frying Pan
Whenever my siblings mention the frying pan incident, I laugh along with them, even though I find it tragic and and far from funny.
The Spider and the Bookcase
A Spiny Orb Weaver spider has taken up residence in the potted plants next to my back door. It is an odd looking creature…
Stilettos by a Gravestone
“Aargh, these weeds. And I was just here,” Shifrah Fogel Bernstein thought, as she got to her knees to yank out the invaders, the botanical equivalents…
The Years
I am sitting on an exercise bike, slowly moving my feet, circling, circling, pushing just enough to barely move the pedals. It is exhausting.
Madonnas
“Teacher. Nurse. Secretary. Three acceptable careers for a young woman when my mother was a girl. I became a high-powered corporate lawyer.”
2018 Pushcart Prize Nominations
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Quantum Solidarity: Making Hajj at Bear Lodge
The mind-numbing atrocities at home and abroad dare me to respond. It’s as if world events conspired to belittle me, taunting me to try to make sense of bloodbaths…