Winnipeg, Canada, is 1635 miles away from my home in West Orange, New Jersey. By car, it would take me a full 24 hours to get there, if I were... Read More
For Christmas 2022, I did a 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway on Instagram, where people who followed me could enter the drawing by commenting. I gave away a bundle of... Read More
Whenever I think about Wakako, I get verklempt, a little choked up and emotional. She means more to me than she will likely ever know, but hopefully she senses it.... Read More
When I was in the fourth grade, I started carrying a notebook after reading Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. The original front cover of the book shows Harriet walking... Read More
Over the course of my career teaching writing at Montclair State University, I’ve taught hundreds of students. Some of them I never hear from or see again after the semester... Read More
I met Kristina through Jessica, a mutual friend of ours. Jessica and Khristina have known each other since they were two years old. Their mothers met in their Harlem apartment... Read More
When I was a young girl, I was always writing something in a notebook. The desire to keep a notebook began after I read Harriet the Spy, a children’s book... Read More
When I imagined “The Notebook People Project” over a year ago, I envisioned myself talking to analogue-loving people and that we would be having conversations that would be mostly about... Read More
I’d been talking about it for weeks but had yet to walk up to a complete stranger to ask if they’d like to be interviewed for my Notebook People series.... Read More