Anita Diament

November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays. ↗

— Anita Diament

#around #authors #book #books #centers

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked. ↗

— Anita Diament

#close #compare #english #favorite #how

Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day. ↗

— Anita Diament

#documentary #eventually #experimenting #hope #i

Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent. ↗

— Anita Diament

#acting #alternative #beautiful #history #i

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community. ↗

— Anita Diament

#community #contemporary #i #jewish #jewish community

The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible. ↗

— Anita Diament

#book #other #person #reader #room

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches. ↗

— Anita Diament

#bookstores #church #churches #college #come

The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff. ↗

— Anita Diament

#got #her #hollywood #into #lost

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart. ↗

— Anita Diament

#cathedral #dining #dining room #family #heart

There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America. ↗

— Anita Diament

#adolescent #almost #america #everything #good