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Oldster Bookshelf #7
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Readers,
Welcome to the 7th edition of The Oldster Bookshelf. This edition includes an interview I recently did with , winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her 2008 bestseller, Olive Kitteridge, who last may publ...
This is 87 (+ 356 days): Photographer Bill Owens Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
From the time I was 10, I’ve been obsessed with what it means to grow older. I’m curious about what it means to others, of all ages, and so I invite them to take “The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire.”
Sometimes you’ll find respo...
My Last Visit with Bob
“A picture Bob took of me at his exhibition REVISITED: Mary Bonkemeyer & Robert Kabak, at the Santa Fe Art Institute in 2003.” Image and paintings in the background © 2003 Robert Kabak.
The last time I saw Bob, he told me not to be afraid,...
Ask a Sober Oldster #38: Conny Caruso
This monthly interview series is a collaboration between Oldster Magazine and The Small Bow, A.J. Daulerio’s excellent newsletter and podcast about recovery and mental health, and appears in both newsletters. Learn more about this col...
Two Carts are Better than One
Photo by Pixel Shot on Unsplash
“I locked my keys in the car, can you come?”
I had called my former husband Jimmy because he had insisted we each keep the extra set of car keys for the other’s car during our recent divorce. At the time, t...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Sari Botton is the author of the memoir "And You May Find Yourself." She edited two bestselling anthologies: "Goodbye to All That" and "Never Can Say Goodbye." She publishes Oldster Magazine, Memoir Land, and Adventures in Journalism.
Liza is a writer, cartoonist, writer, director at The New Yorker, NY Times. Documentary: Women Laughing (2025, Womenlaughingfilm.com). Author of 18 books. Observing culture and politics, seeking what’s funny but also what’s important.
Expanding the definition of recovery, but no longer on Substack. Just go to www.thesmallbow.com to see what we're up to.
Mom, wife, Emee and writer- https://jackiefishman.substack.com/?utm_source=discover_search
Writer. Aspiring cat lady. Los Angeles.
Writer. Columnist. Antagonist. But my mom finally likes me.
Senior producer of the Oldster Radio Hour podcast
Judith Hannah Weiss freelanced for Vogue and Vanity Fair and became a ghost. A Substack Bestseller, she has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize and The Best American Essay. Her posts take less than 2 minutes to read and include her own art.
CGB's novels, Immigrant Hearts, Cry of Silence, Paul and Carol Go to Guatemala, Different Drummer, Better than Sisters and The El Trilogy (The El, The Bells of Brooklyn, Brooklyn Roses) are published by Volossal.
Ophira is a standup comic, writer & host of the Parenting is a Joke podcast. She tours regularly with the Moth. Her comedy special is "I Used To Be Nicer" produced by Lewis Black. Julie Smith Clem produced the first 2 seasons of Parenting is a Joke.
Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life. Edited by Sari Botton.
A.G. Chemeche is a queer writer and musician. They live between Edinburgh and New York City.
Writer. Reader. CEO Mom. Love a #Dancebreak. #GlutenFree #DairyFree #EggFree culinary wizard. I'm interested, curious and have opinions.
Jan Berlfein Burns is the author of March of the Living ~ Our Stories, a collection of war time stories from Holocaust survivors. Personal essays have been published in 34th Parallel, Good Printed Things, Jewish Journal, The Keepthings.
Founder of To Life Primary Care in DC/MD. Chief Medical Officer of Montgomery Hospice. Childbirth doula. Mom to 6 little joyful kids.
Ron, a native New Yorker, is a Flatiron-based writer and screenwriter. RACE, his '80s rock band, played CBGB's several times and recorded at Electric Lady. He has an Emmy Award in Music and two grown sons, Maxx and Myles. Live long and prosper!
I'm a newer writer, an older actor, a late-blooming bride, and a stepmother and god grandmother-in-training. Welcome to the ongoing absurdities of my reinventing world.
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