History matters. The human story matters. Look closer. Assume nothing.
Update: 8/18/2022. As I thought would happen, a school district in Texas has decided to remove the Diary of Anne Frank from their school libraries. In light of that, I am reposting this piece I wrote in February, not long after Holocaust Remembrance Day. I have also retitled it to “The Conversation of the Holocaust […]
Christmas is… a time capsule. A puzzle box. Buried treasure. Tradition. Comfort and joy. Orange pomander balls and stockings. Christmas trees and puddings. The season bursting with tantalizing historical questions. Questions about how we celebrate the birth of Christ and the underlying whys, and what they say about us. The ordinary points to the extraordinary. […]
Some news for you! My good friend, Melissa Amateis, has published her first novel. She is a World War II scholar and writer, and The Stranger from Berlin is out on Amazon Kindle. It is the story of Jenni, a Nebraska war widow, and Max, a history professor from Germany, who find themselves entangled in […]
It’s been a while. I’ve been carrying on as best as I can. The novelty of the pandemic has worn off into a jaded malaise: every day more of the same, every week the dial tipping and tipping a little further into absurdity and chaos. It’s hard to write about it in a way that […]
I rarely take a political stance at Joy & Moxie. I hate how it divides people. It triggers my anxiety to the point where I can’t function. But today, it’s important to speak out. You don’t need me to underline or highlight the fact that protests are still raging over the death of George Floyd, […]
