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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
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After the Storm

by Stephanie Bastek

In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, we’re revisiting our interview with environmental reporter Elizabeth Rush. Smarty Pants host Stephanie Bastek asks what the future looks like for America’s coastal residents, especially as climate change contributes to rising sea levels and worsening storm seasons. “The options for the people and animals in these places is stark: retreat or die,” Bastek says. “Those are the options we generally associate with far-off islands, like Fuji or Kiribati. But dramatic, life-changing climate change is happening right now in our own backyard.”