by Lisa Gruenberg | Oct 3, 2022 | Off the Shelf
I was going through old files and I found this, an “annotation” on craft from my MFA. It was wonderful to go back fifteen years and see what I was thinking; it was also wonderful to reread this poem by Sheamus Heaney. I never drank in high school or college. All wine...
by Lisa Gruenberg | Mar 16, 2021 | Off the Shelf
A sledding accident and the busyness of day-to-day life is making me think of creative ways to keep up with my website. My husband, Martin, is allowing me to post this video he made for his book group. “This is Happiness” by Niall Williams was my top read...
by Lisa Gruenberg | Nov 20, 2020 | Off the Shelf
I’ve read so many. On the top of the list of must-reads: Diary of Anne Frank, the unabridged version, Survival in Aushwitz or anything by Primo Levi, Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer, The Hare with the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Wall, and City of Thieves...
by Lisa Gruenberg | May 11, 2020 | Off the Shelf
I’ve been meaning to post book recommendations periodically on the website but was feeling obliged to write “reviews.” So procrastination got in the way. At my recent Boston Public Library reading, someone asked me to list some. So I’m going...
