I'm teaching Meditation for Writers again via the U of Chicago Graham School at your house. 6-8:30pm Mondays, March 29-May 17, 2021. There are free online meditation/yoga options in the right column of this page. Keep scrolling. I'll be teaching point of view in fiction and nonfiction this summer.
some recent publications:
fiction:
nonfiction:
poetry:
some of my pandemic art:
To listen to The Adventures of Cancer Bitch:
Click to order from Audible, read by Jennifer Teague.
reviews, Holocaust Girls
“Anyone who gets meditative around the High Holy Days, wondering exactly what it means to be a contemporary American and a Jew, will find a caring companion in Chicago-based journalist S.L. Wisenberg. . . .The strength of this collection is not so much in the answers Wisenberg provides, but in the questions she raises." --Forward
"With her lucid style and power of observation, Wisenberg's insightful essays are gems not to be missed." --Booklist
"This is one of the more provocative collecitons of writing I have encountered in some time, and I remain in admiration of Wisenberg for her curiosity, her use of imagination, and her eloquence...Wisenberg is an original voice, a writer who takes risks, and...I'd willingly follow her anywhere her mind may take her/us."--Maureen Stanton, Fourth Genre
reviews, Sweetheart Is In
"Wisenberg presents a tart first collection of short stories concerned with the threads that hold families together....With humor and wisdom, Wisenberg charts the small misfortunes and heartbreaks that a lifetime contains and gives readers sharply drawn characters they will enjoy meeting." --Brendan Dowling, Booklist
"Traditional Jewish storytelling is given a vibrant new twist in The Sweetheart Is In, a witty and intimate debut collection of short stories by S.L. Wisenberg. In pithy prose and brief paragraphs, Wisenberg documents the secret hopes and fears of her characters, many practicing Jews, others mindful of their heritage." --Publishers Weekly
"...deeply felt and rewarding."--Kirkus Reviews