by Deborah Lee Luskin | Oct 31, 2018 | Living in Place
HIAS, PITTSBURGH, BIRTHRIGHT & THE RULE OF LAW HOW HIAS HELPED MY FAMILY My father’s father came to the United States to avoid being drafted into the Czar’s army for a second time. He’d already served in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, and he feared being...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Oct 30, 2018 | Living in Place
GOODBYE Dear Readers: This is my last post for Live to Write – Write to Live. It has been deeply gratifying to post my thoughts about the business and craft of writing here every other week for almost eight years. I have enjoyed sharing my knowledge, my successes and...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Oct 25, 2018 | Living in Place
I’ve spent the last three weeks arguing about the word “grandfather.” VPR v. VT DIGGER Vermont Public Radio found the word “grandfather” too specific and VT DIGGER didn’t think it was specific enough. Both media outlets refused to broadcast/publish the piece as I...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Oct 17, 2018 | Living in Place
THANK YOU I’m so grateful to my readers for the outpouring of support in response to the publication of He Was My Grandfather, my story of being silenced for telling my story of childhood sexual abuse. The response has been as astounding as it’s been affirming. I...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Oct 16, 2018 | Living in Place
WHEN DOES EDITING BECOME CENSORSHIP? I recently had to answer this question when Vermont Public Radio prohibited me from using the word “grandfather” to name my childhood abuser. They insisted on alternatives, like “male relative.” I refused. For ten days we went back...
