Black and Blintzes

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 10, 20221 min read

Father Once Told Me…

… he believed my mother deliberately stuck me with pins while she was changing my diaper when I was a baby. Growing Up Not Quite Jewish...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 4, 20223 min read

What’s a 45?

When I was in my 40s, I mentioned to a woman half my age at the time that I had asked a friend to make music CDs from my 45s. And she...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 19, 20221 min read

I’ll Be Back for You

I am standing on the platform of the A train in Manhattan. My mother is with me. It’s winter. I am 8 years old, and I’m wearing the navy...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 21, 20221 min read

What He Already Knows

Gina is 18 years old, 5 foot 3 with cornrows. Seated on the couch next to her father, she’s trying to choose the right time to reveal...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 28, 20204 min read

“My father is not a racist.”

How could I account for my father’s worldview, that of a generation of black man born and grown into manhood in America’s Apartheid South...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Sep 8, 20194 min read

No Tears for Frankie

I was in the fifth grade when Frankie died. It was 1971. My whole class planned to attend the funeral, since we knew him. My father...