Essays

Teaching, Learning, and Writing About the Holocaust

ISN’T THERE ENOUGH HOLOCAUST LITERATURE out there already? Why would I — or should you — add another book to the mix?

Appetites

AT TWELVE-FIFTEEN P.M., A YOUNG MAN walked slowly down the path leading from the 72nd Street entrance of Central Park into the children’s playground. It was a warm late May day and the air was full of children’s laughter.

Let’s Clap for [Some of] Dr. Seuss

TWO DR. SEUSS TITLES WERE ON THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’S BESTSELLING BOOKS list for the week of 2-19-22. Not on the children’s Hardcover Fiction list. But on the overall Hardcover Fiction list. Really? Yes. Green Eggs and Ham was number 6 and One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish was number 9. Both were new to the list.

I Learned About White Privilege at the Public Swimming Pool

IT WAS 1967, IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. After graduating from Inglewood High School, I landed a coveted summer job, working at the pool complex in Centinela Park, a 55-acre public park in Inglewood, near South-Central L.A.

Greenwashing!

ARE GRAPHIC DESIGNERS RESPONSIBLE for making brands appear to be what they aren’t? Or does function follow form? Can a green, responsible, or altruistic branding program come first, with better corporate behavior to follow?