Richard Zimler's Writings
View Richard’s Books | Read Richard’s other writings below.
|
Article
May.02.2013
Parlantes Nocturnos (Blog)
A pesar de su inicio técnico, que consideré perfecto para quien sabe de esa parte de la historia, se convirtió luego en una propia novela, que me mantuvo las noches en "shock" e incomodó con rudos instantes (casi poéticos) que toman por sorpresa. Y aunque a penas comenzando sabemos el destino del personaje, porque la historia se toma como un manuscrito...
|
Article
Nov.26.2012
Talking Writing
My article about my Polish Book tour to promote "The Warsaw Anagrams" has just been published at Talking Writing, a very fine American webiste about writers and writing. I would be grateful if you would share the link with friends interested in the Holocaust, Polish-Jewish history, contemporary Poland and other related topics. Thanks.
Here is an...
|
|
Article
Nov.25.2012
The article I wrote about my book tour through Poland last year is out in Portuguese, in a very fine magazine of Jewish studies edited in Belo Horizonte (Brazil).
The English-language original will be published tomorrow in Talking Writing, an excellent online literary magazine.
Here is an excerpt. For the full article, go to the link.
História...
|
Article
Nov.14.2012
Originally published in Grand Reportagem
The interview mostly conerns Paula's cycle of paintings of the Virgin Mary; they created a small controversy in Portugal, where I live (and where Paula was raised), and Paula was eager to have her own say about them. We met at the chapel in the Presidential Palace where the paintings were hung (and still hang).
Here is an excerpt:
Do you have a...
|
|
Poem
Nov.10.2012
"Abril", a CD by the Portuguese singer Cristina Branco
In 2009, I translated the songs on Cristina Branco's CD "Abril". All of them are by Portuguese singer-songwriter Jose Afonso, who was also known as Zeca Afonso. An important and highly influential performer, he is closely associated with the Portuguese revolution of 1974. Here are the songs in English (Cristina sings them in...
|
Article
Oct.08.2012
Jewish Week
Jewish Week asked me to write about siblings, and here is what I came up with:
THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS WE LEAVE BEHIND
It must be difficult for some people to identify the worst day of their lives, but for me it’s easy: the day of my brother Jerry’s funeral.
Jerry had been two years older than me. When we were kids, we fought like...
|
|
Article
Sep.09.2012
Canadian Jewish News
(I wrote this article for the Canadian Jewish News in 2006 in order to commemmorate the 500th Anniversary of the Lisbon Massacre of 1506. In that massacre, 2,000 "New Christians" - Jews forcibly converted to Christianity - were murdered and burnt in two large pyres in Lisbon's main square.)
The 500th Anniversary of the Lisbon Massacre
...
|
Short Story
Aug.31.2012
By Richard Zimler
In September of 1931, the French painter Fernand Léger visited the United States for the first time. He was fifty years old and already famous for his darkly outlined, colorful figures. In early October, while in New York, one of his lower molars became infected. At the time, my father did all the dental work for Marcel Berenger,...
|
|
Article
Aug.20.2012
The Night I Saw Michael Jackson Perform
Lots of specialized tour companies in the USA take groups of teenagers on summer bus journeys around the Far West to visit National Parks like Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. When I was 15, in 1971, it was my dream to go on one of these “teen tours.” But I had an elder brother – then 25 years old – who was out of work...
|
Short Story
Aug.19.2012
A DRY PAST
Richard Zimler
The island of playground vibrated with the disjointed popping sound of basketballs. Waves of traffic hugged close to the shore of fencing, their reassuring monotony giving the days inside a protected feel, as if the city itself were agreeing that it was much safer to play pick-up games than to venture into the outside world....
|
About Richard
Richard Zimler was born in Roslyn Heights, a suburb of New York, in 1956. After earning a bachelor’s degree in comparative religion from Duke University (1977) and a master’s degree in journalism from Stanford University (1982), he worked for eight years as a...
Causes Richard Zimler Supports
Save the Children, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)