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I read joke books as a child. Readers say they relate to my angsty way of moving through the world. My usual topics are breath, blood, cancer, Jews, Texas, politics, history, Freud, women's bodies, me.
LATEST PUBLICATION:
Notes on Rowing, Missouri Review
UPCOMING EVENTS:
1:30 pm, Sunday. Dec. 7, 2025, Chicago Jewish Writers Festival, Loop Synagogue, 16 S. Clark St. There will be a discussion between Peter Orner and Edward Hirsch, then the other writers will each talk briefly about our books, and then we will sit at tables with our books and you will come to us, entranced, and buy loads and loads of our books. $10 entrance fee but I have a few free passes. Contact me if you'd like one.
...and in case you want me to read at your place, whatever and wherever it is, but you're not sure, you don't know how I might be to work with, and so on, be reassured:
"Collaborating with S.L. Wisenberg on the panel, 'Storytelling and humor as strategy of "survivance"' was such a pleasure! She kept the needs of the audience in mind and gave a presentation that was funny and well researched. The audience members were eager to participate, thanks to her welcoming demeanor and wry sense of humor." Gayle Levy, associate professor of French, University of Missouri-Kansas City