OF NOTE

Of Note

ON GRIEF, LAUGHTER, AND GIVING OURSELVES GRACE – The Professional Book Nerds Podcast

Joan F. Smith joins Adam to discuss her new book THE HALF-ORPHAN’S HANDBOOK. Their conversation ranges from how she coped with her father’s suicide, how they both use comedy to deal with tragedy, and how they both struggle to accept that how they feel is okay. They also discuss her job as a library’s author-in-residence. Trigger warnings for conversations about death and suicide but this is a must listen and a must read for anyone who has struggled with grief.

THE GRIEVING PLACE – The Mary Sue

“The first day of my last teenage job is the same one I learn of my father’s gambling addiction and his intention to die by suicide.”

A DAUGHTER OF SUICIDE – Thought Catalog

“I am the happy product of a family that took weeklong vacations down the Cape [read: Cape Cod] every summer, placed importance on home-cooked meals, laughed at Thursday night sitcoms, and searched far and wide for the tallest Christmas tree every December.”

WHEN IT’S TIME TO TALK TO CHILDREN ABOUT ADDICTION – The Washington Post

A personal essay appearing in the On Parenting section of the newspaper on the practice of parenting with transparency.

THE HIT MAN – Bartleby Snopes Blog

When Bartleby Snopes Managing Editor Nathaniel Tower wrote an article on controversial things he sees in short story submissions, I wrote a flash fiction piece containing all of them.

THE VALUE OF UNDERSTUDIES – Dance Studio Life Magazine

“Teachers expose dancers with potential to material that they might not yet be ready to perform or compete. Primary dancers get a chance to not only “see” the dance for how it’s envisioned, but also practice consistent spatial awareness even when other primary dancers are absent. And all dancers learn a valuable lesson in pinch-hitting—being prepared for any situation that might arise.

AWARDS

YARWA Rosemary Contest

First Place, Excellence in Young Adult Contemporary Literature– The Truth Between Death and Daffodils

Excellence in Teaching Award

2015 Nomination, Southern New Hampshire University

Alembic Award in Recognition of Literary Excellence

2007 Conferral, English Department at Providence Colleg