Nancy Stearns Bercaw

Forteen Days Until BIAJ Lives and Breaths

My Hockenberry Friend

Dears, I recently had the joy and privilege of speaking with one of the great journalists of our time, Mr. John Hockenberry. (He’s garnered four Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and a Casey Medal.) Someone on his staff had read my recent New York Times piece about Alzheimer’s running in my family,…

Marching Toward April

Dears, It’s March 1st. We are 33 days from holding Brain in a Jar in our hands. The date is significant for another reason as well, which is why my beloved publisher decided to have the book debut on April 2–it will be the first anniversary of my father’s death. The hours, days and weeks…