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31 08, 2017

Meeting Myself in my Memoir
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Meeting Myself in my Memoir

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Meeting Myself in my Memoir

By Joram Piatigorsky|2021-02-27T08:52:37-05:00August 31st, 2017|Categories: Blog, Writing is how we explore our place in the world|Tags: British Columbia, By his Bootstraps, Changing Identity, David Gerold, James Gleick, Jewish Upbringing, Los Angeles, Marquis de Laplace, Memoir writing, New Year, Pierre Simon, Robert Heinlein, Rosh Hashanah, Short Story, Star Trek, Time Travel, truth in fiction, William Faulkner|2 Comments

Near the end of my upcoming memoir on my life in science, I think back on my trip to Lilloet in Canada to visit Van, my high school friend, whom I hadn’t seen in some 60 years. Van lived an independent life, including many years in a commune off the grid in British Columbia. Despite [...]

23 12, 2015

Disguising Reality with Fiction
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Disguising Reality with Fiction

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Disguising Reality with Fiction

By Joram Piatigorsky|2021-02-28T13:39:35-05:00December 23rd, 2015|Categories: Blog, Writing is how we explore our place in the world|Tags: disguising reality, empty pages, fiction writing, first novel, first stories, florence, italy, Novel, novel writing, short story writing, truth in fiction, writing reality|0 Comments

Editor’s Note: We've all read stories that keep us enthralled the whole way through. For me, "Empty Pages" is one of them. Since readers interpret stories in their own ways, I asked Joram: What inspired this story of crime and love, and what message do you hope to relay with your fictional works? I had [...]