- Participating so meaningfully in my constitutional right to protest. I've joined marches with and for women, science, the arts, alon...

I met up with Fiddler Fake Dad Danny Burstein (and for a hot second, Fiddler Fake Mom Jessica Hecht!) today, and we forgot to take a selfi...

Santino and Jessica Fontana Song by Ben Toth and Alexandra Silber Performed by Santino Fontana and Jessica Fontana, based on Alexandra...

'This is Prophetic!' from Nixon in China  Music by J o hn Adams Libretto by Alice Goodman PAT The children in the U.S.A. all...

Yesterday, I received the advanced reading copy galleys of 'After Anatevka.' It is the very first time I have seen my book as a ...

Dearest Readers, I know that I have been a liiiiiiittle MIA in 2017, and it is only because birthing a book out into the world is a lot li...

My guardian angel is afraid of the dark.  He pretends he's not, sends me ahead, tells me he'll be along in a moment.  Pretty so...

Dear Al, Honestly, I am a little embarrassed to ask this question because I suspect you are asked it all the time, and possibly not with to...

And the stone word fell On my still-living breast. Never mind, I was ready. I will manage somehow. Today I have so much to do: I must...

     “Olya…” she wiped her nose, “poor little thing, like a bird with a broken wing she was.” Madame Solovyov moved to leave, lifting her ...

- Taking Tatiana to WORK! ( Shhhh don't tell.... ) - Trying to get involved in Snapchat (@alsilbs) and finding my ouvre in the ...

The fiddler plays and grows ever thinner, thin and thinner, already thinner than the fiddle-bow, thinner than a string. In place of its...