ERIN CONWAY

"The most careful thing is to dare." -Shimon Peres My goal this year was to fly.  Not literally, fly, but the imagining of it.  I would...

It is easy to forget that where you are is where you need to be. The past two weeks were the first large edit of my new novel in verse. ...

When I drive through town, sometimes I flinch. The crumpled brown up ahead. What is it? Could it be? How could it be anything but. ....

Saturday was Purim, but my family dressed up all week. Old costumes. Cobbled together costumes. Hand me down costumes. Almost not a...

Staring into my closet each week, I might lament, "I have nothing to wear.” Still, it's more likely I would wonder, "What haven't I worn...

For the record, Throwin' in the towel takes some effort. . .* He’s right, of course, this musician. Drafting cover letters. Googling...

I lost track of the days but not the number of times the dream returns. . . -- The poem, Broken Summer, is an excerpt from my novel, When...

I changed my Facebook profile image. Updated is the term, as if it's somehow new. Which part changed? My Jewish identity? That I am...

Needs coaching. This phrase was recently used about me. It was assigned to me by a man. Needs coaching. I discussed this phrase with a...