Anita Diament
Anita Diament
connect female importance readers relationships resonate sister
Readers have told me how the mother, daughter, sister relationships resonate for them. They connect with the importance of female relationships.
literary mentor reviewed school whatever york
I'm not a literary writer. I didn't go to whatever school it is or have the mentor you need to get reviewed in the New York Times.
books four jewish literacy movement president project reading reform
The President of the Reform Movement started a literacy project and said everyone should be reading at least four Jewish books a year.
jewish record track
I have a 10-year track record of writing for the Jewish community.
gratitude art enemy
Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
passion men office
Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion, love. But men and women didn't hang out at the end of the day and chat about what their day was like at the office.
color voice rainbow
They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.
couple book college
The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
practice community contemporary
Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
sun shy coming-out
When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
nice rejection historical
I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.
debt pleasure only-love
Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
dream sweet egypt
Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.
crush together way
I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.