If I Won the Lottery
Seven winners of The Monthly’s winter essay contest write about sump pumps, car crashes, robots, education, yachts, new clothes, and rich relatives.
Read MorePosted by Stacy Appel, Melody Ermachild Chavis, Kathy Hrastar, Carolyn Jones, Robert Menzimer, Maureen Ellen O'Leary and Nancy Silver | Dec 1, 2015 | Feature |
Seven winners of The Monthly’s winter essay contest write about sump pumps, car crashes, robots, education, yachts, new clothes, and rich relatives.
Read MorePosted by Nancy Silver | Dec 1, 2015 | Feature |
A daughter motivated to improve her elderly mother’s failing health thinks up a clever invention.
Read Moreby Nancy Silver | Feature |
Hidden in the East Bay hills, the Carmelite nuns of Kensington live at the most secluded monastery in the United States.
by Nancy Silver | Feature |
by Nancy Silver | Feature |
by Lisa Fernandez | Nov 1, 2017 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Experts say that when caring for an elderly parent who lives far away, the most important thing is to join a support group with people experiencing the same challenges.
by Susan E. Davis | Mar 1, 2014 | Faces of the East Bay, Up Front
Rockridge residents John Bliss and Kim Thompson may live far removed the gritty flats of East and West Oakland. But this philanthropic couple see themselves as one with the citizens of Oakland, particularly those who are struggling financially, and they’re leading a campaign to get their “financially blessed” peers to invest in the community like they have by funding city programs to teach kids how to swim.
by Meredith Maran | Nov 1, 2010 | Faces of the East Bay, First Person
Oakland author Meredith Maran accused her father of the ultimate betrayal. Then she un-accused him. In this first-person essay, adapted from her new book, My Lie, she reveals how it all went down.