NANCY DAVIDOFF KELTON

For today’s blog, I am running a contest. The winner will get a prize. The topic is inspired by an occurrence on a recent Sunday. ...

A few years ago, at a party, I was talking with an acquaintance I see every few years. She pointed to one of my laugh lines and apropos...

They say you are lucky if you have one great teacher. I don’t know who “they” are and if “they” mean someone who inspires or excites you...

The night after BLUE JASMINE opened in New York in July, I went to the movie theater to see the line. The next night I went to see the...

Austin, Texas residents, you’re in luck! Mr. and Mrs. Mastman’s grandson is opening a deli for you. In Buffalo in the 1950s, Mastman’s...

I wrote personal essays for women’s magazines before they became ALL about fashion, beauty, and how to flatten abs, and before I became...

I’m writing a few more words than just a few words—actually, an entire blog–about the 7th item on my last post. Hard to believe...

1. As of the last NYU class, the bird was fine, substantially bigger and chirping. Thank you, Harry, for asking. The owner brought it...

1. I read Roald Dahl’s wonderful book, MATILDA, before seeing MATILDA on Broadway. Instead would have been fine. The little girl in the...

I have never used the word “putz” in my writing, but I have never written about Eliot Spitzer. When he announced his comeback, my first...