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Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Lynne Sharon Schwartz ’s eight novels include Leaving Brooklyn, Disturbances in the Field, and Two-Part Inventions. She has also published translations from Italian and collections of stories and poetry.

The Man Behind the Counter

The Man Behind the Counter 

A neighborhood grocer, inscrutable and gruff, lingers mysteriously in my memory

by Lynne Sharon Schwartz | Monday, March 04, 2019
Smarty Pants Podcast

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The Case for Motherhood

by Jean Kim

Postpartum depression, Jean Kim writes, “seems like the last feminine taboo, stronger than crack babies or neglect: a mother hating her newborn child.” In honor of the women and mothers often left out this weekend, we revisit one of our favorite essays, in which a psychiatrist wonders what it means to want a child, have a child, or have a child you do not want.