by Shelly Reuben on November 3rd

My sister just called to remind me that “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” is ..

by Shelly Reuben on September 29th

GHITA REUBEN OLIT George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937. He was a handsome, brilliant, charismatic composer who wrote everything from ..

by Shelly Reuben on September 1st

I got the saddest letter a few weeks ago from Mike Edwards, the CEO of Borders, notifying me (and 1.8 ..

by Shelly Reuben on August 11th

What follows is a transcript of a conversation that might have happened. Once. Or that probably will happen. Eventually. It ..

by Shelly Reuben on July 7th

It is late at night. Your body is screaming, “I need it. I have to have it. I’ll do anything ..

by Shelly Reuben on June 2nd

Do you want to write a book or choreograph a ballet? Can you envision your name in lights on a ..

by Shelly Reuben on May 5th

They are no longer young. They saw middle age receding in their rear view mirror many years ago. They are ..

by Shelly Reuben on April 26th

I’ll start at the end, after the credits begin to scroll down the screen. When the lights in the theater ..

by Shelly Reuben on April 7th

My bird feeder is a banquet of visual delight. I sit at my desk, try to write a sentence, and ..

by Shelly Reuben on March 3rd

When I was very young, I thought about wisdom the way other children think about prince charming or castles in ..