Sande Berger
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Birthday
- March 25
- Bio
- Sande Boritz Berger's essays and stories have been published in TriQuarterly, Confrontation, The Rambler Magazine, "Every Woman Has a Story" by Warner Books, "Ophelia's Mom" by Crown Publishing and "Aunties: Thirty-five Writers Celebrate Their Other Mother" by Ballantine. Her novel "The Sweetness" was a semi-finalist in 2010's Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Awards. She has recently completed an MFA in Writing and Literature from Stony Brook Southampton University, where she was awarded the Deborah Hecht Memorial Prize for Creative Writing. Read her blog on Red Room.
MY RECENT POSTS
- The Lie That Binds
April 06, 2013 01:04PM - The End of Innocence
December 17, 2012 12:11PM - Another Brother
July 11, 2012 10:36AM - Baby Girl by Sande Boritz
Berger
June 26, 2012 10:54PM - Sticks and Stones
June 13, 2012 10:16PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “This was the Newtown
Conn. shooting and yes there
are much
too many to keep
track…”
April 06, 2013 04:35PM - “This was the Newtown
Conn. shooting and yes there
are much
too many to keep
track…”
April 06, 2013 04:35PM - “Ah, but didn't you know:
"Writing is the
best
revenge!"”
June 15, 2012 02:02PM - “You never fully
recover...I often see myself
as that same
young girl, no
matter h…”
June 14, 2012 01:29PM
Sande Berger's Links
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The Lie That Binds
Shortly before she passes away, my 99-year-old Aunt Irene asks if I would continue the upkeep of her sister’s grave. Something she had done for decades− since the bleak November morning, when Jean, her name was Jean, fastened her chestnut hair into plastic rollers, ordered lamb/… Read full post »
The End of Innocence
He asks if I’ve heard about the tragedy, though, at 10, he slightly mispronounces the word. I don’t correct him, already chilled by the fact he has been told too much any child his age should ever have to know, or try to comprehend.
I nod my head knowing tha/… Read full post »
Another Brother
The night my little brother Ricky was born I ran a very high fever. Since my father, recently home from his stint in the Navy, was at the hospital with my mother and her parents, my sitter for the night was my Dad’s older brother, Uncle Barry, who woke… Read full post »
Baby Girl by Sande Boritz Berger
By Sande Boritz Berger
Even now, an entire lifetime later, it is hard to admit that I was bullied. I said nothing. I told no one. Bullying was usually accompanied by severe warnings: tell and you will be sorry!
But I was already sorry, just for being me,… Read full post »
The Savor Factor
I met a wise woman once who gave me a terrific bit of advice that I’ve never forgotten. As a matter of fact, I decided to incorporate her very astute suggestion into my yearly New Year’s resolution list, probably the only one that, after almost twenty
… Read full post »The Savor Factor
The e-mail from Miami reported: Dad has been missing for hours. Instantly, there flashed a most terrifying image− my father’s 82 year-old sun-spotted face boldly imprinted on a quart of skim. When I called for details,/… Read full post »
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