Video Interview by John Vogel
From an early stage, I was more interested in reading and writing and messing around with music than either of my siblings.
Adoption
Author Talk: David Biddle
Dec 08, 2021
Turn the Page
Feb 11, 2019
Essay by Miriam Cole
A survivor craves closeness, yet sabotages even the slightest hint of it.
Lawrence Welk
Sep 18, 2017
Poem by Giavanna Munafo
A schmaltzy, eerily familiar tune that loops along, accordions swelling and shrinking, high-heeled, lipsticked women la-la-la-la-la-la-ing.
Faith in a Folder
Nov 24, 2014
Theme Essay by Robin L. Flanigan
The nurse's answer underscored the futility I feared: 'It’s all hocus-pocus.'
Adoption and the Real Story
May 12, 2014
Theme Essay by David Biddle
What was my mix? Was I part Jewish, Italian, African, Native American, Hispanic, Irish?
Misplaced Baggage
May 05, 2014
Image Essay by Anh Ðào Kolbe
We share the same blood line, we share our Vietnamese culture, and our misplaced community is our own.
Mei-Ling Hopgood: "American Parents Go a Little Nutty"
Dec 26, 2011
TW Interview by William Gray
I had that mommy guilt about what I was doing.
Always an Orphan
Nov 23, 2011
Personal Essay by David Biddle
For the first forty years of my life, I was quite happy as an adopted child who knew nothing about his origins.
Adam Pertman: “We Teach Our Kids by Being Open”
Nov 16, 2011
TW Interview by Fran Cronin
I like to think honesty and openness always trump shame.
"Whoa! I'm a Character in a Friend's Memoir?"
Nov 07, 2011
Essay by Andrea Cornell Sarvady
I never thought I'd pop up in a Melissa Fay Greene book.
