Dears, I just read, and re-read, then read again an article in the August 20, 2014 edition of the New Yorker called “A Place Beyond Words: The Literature of Alzheimer’s,” by Stefan Merrill Bloc. (Click the title if you want to read it, too.) The piece is very well written, yet somehow infuriating to me. I’m not sure…
Tag: Alzheimer’s Disease
The Heart of the (Grey) Matter
Dears, For weeks now, I’ve been thinking about the next phase of my jarred life. The brain motif perfectly captured my grandfather and father’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Heck, it wasn’t even a symbol. It was real. Dad kept grand-dad’s brain in a jar. But I am me, not he. And I am moving into…
Elvis and Me
Dears, I really love this: Publisher’s Weekly has announced the sale of BIAJ to Fingerprint Press in India. As if that wasn’t cool enough, my sale followed the sale of Elvis Costello’s memoir to Holland. One of my favorite songs of all time is Costello’s “Veronica,” which was inspired by his grandmother’s battle with Alzheimer’s…
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