top of page
NBN Podcast Episodes Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Memoir
March 21, 2023
The Field
Victoria Garza
Victoria Garza begins her poetic memoir with her ten-year-old self learning that her little sister and cousin have died in a car accident. She painstakingly recalls lovely moments with her sister as they faced their parents’ divorce, their new lives surrounded by family members, their Mexican American culture and celebrations.
April 4, 2023
The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home
S.L. Wisenberg
As a child, S. L. Wisenberg worried about being outside, not being able to breathe, and Nazis coming through the window of her Houston home.
November 22, 2022
Hysterical
Elissa Bassist
For two years author Elissa Bassist saw over twenty medical specialists for pain that none of them managed to diagnose or resolve. Some of their treatments led to other medical problems but never relief. Then an acupuncturist suggested that she simply needed to take control of her voice, and Bassist was shocked when it worked.
November 1, 2022
Maybe It's Me: On Being the Wrong Kind of Woman
Eileen Pollack
Eileen Pollack covers her life in snippets or by delving into history, but the overall picture is of an extremely talented writer, a brilliant woman with a degree in physics and a long list of respected publications who is still somewhat bewildered to find herself alone.
July 27, 2021
The Thin Ledge
Daniel Shapiro
Daniel Shapiro was a successful attorney in his early forties when his wife, Susan, suffered a brain bleed and a diagnosis that her future was uncertain. Stunned, and with three young children, the couple made the most of the few years that followed, before a massive second hemorrhage changed everything.
bottom of page