Author Archives: Daisy Alpert Florin

I’ve spent the past few days fiddling around with my website, which was less intuitive than I thought it would be. And I realize I am bad at following written directions and have no patience for watching videos that explain step-by-step what I am supposed to do. So I wish my website looked a littleContinue reading “A new look”

Hey. It’s been a while. I’ve been hard at work on my novel and haven’t been writing much in the way of essays these days. But at the end of February, I finished (ie Scotch taped, stapled, slapped together with string and a prayer) a draft of my novel, and since I’m taking a shortContinue reading “Two new essays”

I’m thrilled to have a new essay at Full Grown People today. It’s about a blanket my mother was making when she died that I don’t know how to finish. Every time I look at the unfinished blanket, I feel kind of sad and inadequate, like an unworthy link in my family story. Why didn’tContinue reading “My Mother Is Not This Blanket”

I was thrilled when my friend Dina Relles asked me to be a part of Proximity Magazine’s feature, “Still, More, Writers at Work”, where writers talk about how their writing life is structured. My writing day is divided into two distinct parts: the quiet time when my family is at work or school and IContinue reading “Writers at Work”

My latest essay is about Trump and the election, because what else is there to talk about? But seriously folks, I wanted to understand why I took this one so hard (like a lot of people). When I dug down, I realized it had something to do with my body. Let’s just say that gettingContinue reading “Body Politic”

Yesterday marked the end of my year-long Gurfein Fellowship at Sarah Lawrence College. Through the generosity of Kathryn Gurfein, I had the opportunity to work one-on-one with novelist and short story writer Marian Thurm. I read from the first chapter of my novel-in-progress, A Last Innocent Year, to an audience that included friends and family.Continue reading “Gurfein Fellowship”

I’m thrilled that my essay “Crash,” published last July in the beautiful literary magazine Under the Gum Tree, has been listed as a Notable in Best American Essays 2016. The essay isn’t available online, but you can download a digital copy of the issue here. You can read a little bit about the story behindContinue reading “Latest news”

My latest essay, on the link between memories and stuff, is up today at Motherwell. (And if you’re not reading Motherwell yet, well, you should. You can follow them on Facebook or Instagram, or sign up for their newsletter here.) Thanks for reading, commenting and sharing! **** In my family, I am both the closet cleanerContinue reading “Memory Keeper”

    Read my latest essay, “Seven and still sucking his thumb,” in the inaugural issue of  Motherwell Magazine (www.motherwellmag.com). I’m thrilled to be part of this launch, which features essays by some of my absolute favorite writers. Check it out: you won’t be disappointed! And then follow Motherwell on Facebook to be part ofContinue reading “Thumbsucker”

Well, it isn’t exactly my debut in the New York Times… but I’ll take it. Oliver’s funny funny Mother’s Day card to me earns a mention in KJ Dell’Antonia’s column here. Have a chuckle.