Generations Missing
Children of immigrants often speak of being one or two generations removed. Not knowing much about my family background, I’ve always thought of myself as… Read More »Generations Missing
Lenore's collections include "Tap Dancing on the Silverado Trail" (2011) from Finishing Line Press, “Sh’ma Yis’rael” (2007) from Pudding House Publications, and "Cutting Down the Last Tree on Easter Island" (West End Press, 2012). Her writing has won recognition from Poets&Writers (finalist in California Voices contest) and as a finalist for Pablo Neruda Prize, Nimrod International Journal. The Society for Technical Communication has recognized her work regarding Technical Literacy in the schools. All material is copyrighted on this site and cannot be used without the author's permission.
Children of immigrants often speak of being one or two generations removed. Not knowing much about my family background, I’ve always thought of myself as… Read More »Generations Missing
I stood there all day selling exotic mushroom to tourists trolling the food stalls of the Ferry Building. Didn’t know much about mushrooms, but got… Read More »Mushroom Goddess
Elephants everywhere A party pays ransom Blind spots catch a head wind Talking heads sell snake oil Elephants up-ended Game hunters in a full house… Read More »Elephants in Oakland
View, St. Louis Cemetery Charles left for the graveyard to do on his homework. “There’s nothing crazy about it,” he told his friend Etienne who… Read More »St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
By now, her dating profile had eroded into basics—where she grew up, how she got to the Southwest, number of children and their ages, a… Read More »Heart Case
What a day, is right. There were hardly any coupons, just one for an ice-cream sauce with taste-alike cherry pieces and chocolate sprinkles. I’ve had… Read More »Coupon Lady
Nested Structures Concentric rings settle on me. I am enclosed within a set of wooden dolls. I am trying to reach the smallest, the one… Read More »It Was Animation, I Know
Online dater murder mystery.
She was a child drawn to the shine of bright things like the candlesticks in church. Or a silver cup left over from before her… Read More »Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
I’m Putha from a refugee camp in Jammu in the southern part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. My family was part of an… Read More »Putha From Jammu