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Debra Gordon Zaslow

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in North Hollywood, California, The United States

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Memoir, Spirituality

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Debra Gordon Zaslow is a professional storyteller turned author. Her life changed forever in 1996 when she brought her 103 year-old grandmother home to live with her family. Wanting to write about that experience sent her to an MFA is writing program (Vermont College of fine Arts) and eventually to writing Bringing Bubbe Home, a Memoir of Letting Go Through Love and Death
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She lives in Ashland, Oregon where she teaches storytelling at Southern Oregon University, and travels nationwide performing storytelling programs and teaching memoir-writing workshops. She's married to Rabbi David Zaslow, and they have the cutest grandchild in the world. ...more

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Debra Gordon Zaslow After I brought my 103 year-old grandmother home to live and die with my family, I knew I had to write about it. I knew it was a "big story" in my lif…moreAfter I brought my 103 year-old grandmother home to live and die with my family, I knew I had to write about it. I knew it was a "big story" in my life. The original idea to take her in and care for her came like wave of "yes" that was beyond reason. The idea to write about it was another big wave of "yes", but it took sixteen years to complete!(less)

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Debra Gordon Zaslow I'm not sure I get writer's block, I just have resistance to writing. Especially writing about emotional topics like my family. This comes in the form…moreI'm not sure I get writer's block, I just have resistance to writing. Especially writing about emotional topics like my family. This comes in the form of "I'm too busy, I don't feel like it, I'm not a good enough writer," etc. The best way for me to deal with it is to give myself regular times to show up to write and keep writing whether I think it's good or not, even if it's emotionally challenging. See my essay, "Maintaining emotional balance while searching for Emotional Truth" on my blog.
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	Bringing Bubbe Home: A Memoir of Letting Go Through Love and Death by Debra Gordon Zaslow (Goodreads Author), Husam Deeb (Abridged by) 4.36 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rooster Princess and Other Tales: Jewish Stories Re-populated with Spunky Heroines, Wise Women, Brave Crones, and Powerful Prophetesses 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My indtroductory essay from The Rooster Princess and other Tales.

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Debra Gordon Zaslow

A few years ago, to stave off boredom at the beginning of the pandemic, I started working on storytelling with my twelve-year-old granddaughter. After she chose a Jewish story to learn, we began to visualize the characters in her story. When asked to describe how she saw Elijah the prophet, she said, without hesitation, “I see a woman.”

I was floored. As a storyte

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Debra Gordon Zaslow wrote a new blog post A story from the upcoming Rooster Princess and Other Tales Holding Her Own Debra Gordon ZaslowLong ago, Rabbi Yeshaya of Poland had a wife, Havva, who gave him constant trouble. She was always praying, morning Read more of this blog post »
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