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

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 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

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

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

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...