by Liz Lerman | Dec 14, 2025 | From Liz
My family had a unique way of celebrating Hannukah. My mother had made what she called a Hannukah Bag, several feet of blue fabric with eight pockets. Each pocket had a yellow symbol: a Jewish star, a menorah, a lion. These were mysterious to me because they were so...
by Liz Lerman | Dec 12, 2025 | From Liz
It might have been a poster in a middle school classroom. Beautiful colors, hills and sky, mountains, gorges, lakes and something that said, “You have to see this place.” And now some 65 plus years later, my daughter Anna, her husband Peter, and I will visit New...
by Liz Lerman | Dec 5, 2025 | Shape and Momentum, Teaching
This is an excerpt from Liz Lerman’s essay School Stories, featured in her upcoming book Shape and Momentum: An Insomniac’s Guide for a World in Constant Motion. I never enjoyed grading. I could do it. And I have done it, and I can do it. But it has never felt a...
by Liz Lerman | Dec 3, 2025 | From Liz
This is an excerpt from the essay “School Stories” from Liz’s forthcoming book Shape and Momentum: An Insomniac's Guide to a World in Constant MotionI never enjoyed grading. I could do it. And I have done it, and I can do it. But it has never...
by Liz Lerman | Nov 6, 2025 | From Liz
Sometimes I fear our interest in being inclusive leads to a generalization. So descendants become “who comes after you.” Actually this is a fine one, but I do think we can overdo our concerns about remembering to include everyone. This is highly...
