Heart to Heart
Hello and thank you for your patience! It has been some months since I last posted, but the reason for that actually relates to this blog. I began writing about … Continue reading
LA Review of Books
Again, this is not particularly blog related but a piece a wrote has been published by the LA Review of Books, see it here! It is about the book From … Continue reading
American Girl Dolls
This is not exactly related to my grandparents but it does have to do with femininity in history! I wrote this for the Huffington Post: American Girl: How Radical Can a … Continue reading
Second Navy Yard Blog Post
My second post is now on the Brooklyn Navy Yard Blog, check it out! http://bldg92.org/blog/use-v-mail-its-patriotic/
Brooklyn Navy Yard Blog Post
The first of a series of blog posts that I wrote for the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been posted. Happy Women’s History Month! http://bldg92.org/blog/investigating-womens-letters/
Knots of Love
This is a postcard that is currently on view at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Center (@BLDG92)! Go see it in person! Alex Rosner A.S. Company 360 US N.T.S. … Continue reading
BLDG92 – The Brooklyn Navy Yard Center
Have you ever wanted to see these letters in person and not just online? Now you can at BLDG92 – The Brooklyn Navy Yard Center! Two of Sylvia’s letters are … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
Below is a letter to Alex that everyone in the family contributed to on New Years Eve, 1944-5. Some are written in Hungarian and Sylvia wishes for victory and the … Continue reading
Hurricane Sandy Love Letters
Hurricane Sandy left a trail of destruction along the East Coast of the United States. Oddly, and poetically, the hurricane also washed up a box of love letters written during … Continue reading
As Low As A Snakes Belly
This letter was written on August 5, 1945, one day before the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. What I find fascinating is that the length of the war has clearly … Continue reading
