Lynn Nottage Extols Sisterhood for Independent Women by Patricia L. Morin In 1905 New York, Esther (dynamic Jeunée Simon), an independent businesswoman and talented seamstress, creates lovely intimate apparel for the Fifth Avenue wealthy. Esther is strong and proud. But other women in the boarding house are married now, and she longs for the…
Quiara Alegría Hudes Links Addiction to U.S. Anxieties by Barry David Horwitz The title “Water by the Spoonful” comes from a doctor’s advice on how to give a dehydrated child water—slowly, over many hours. Maybe we can tackle our national drug problem one spoonful at a time, too . . . But an addicted…
Margy Kahn Touches Three Generations of Jewish History by Patricia L. Morin Playwright Margy Kahn entices us to ask what price we place for collecting treasures from the past. What would we keep and what would we give or throw away, especially when we are forced to leave our home? Even worse, what…
Trey Anthony Unfolds Tale of Absent Mom, Angry Sisters by Barry David Horwitz How can a Black mother say, “I love you” to two daughters who believed she abandoned them in her native Jamaica when they were small? She was lured to the U.S. for a better life, but she had to work three…