Joanne Oppenheim

Looking forward to Monday, Oct. 19th 6:30 PM Pacific Time to celebrate the legacy of the Rebellious Miss Breed, the San Diego librarian...

I've been doing research for a new book and reading old, old newspapers. I'm talking about newspapers from the Gilded Age, late 19th...

Good news! Just discovered that there is a Kindle edition of the Knish War!Imagine, if the cast of characters could see their story...

Thanks to the pandemic I've turned up an award I almost forgot about. Leafing through a stack of old letters, this was a bug I loved...

A story dear to my heart. Elizabeth Yamada, narrates part of the story on San Diego TV, Channel 10. Elizabeth, one of Miss Breed's...

I was checking to see if my book, The Prince's Bedtime is still being offered at Barefoot Books (it is, with a recording by Hugh...

Spring Cleaning my computer files has turned up treasures that I’d almost forgotten. I’ve been trying to cut down the number of photos...

My morning started with an accidental finding...old, old emails just popped up when I opened my computer. I started deleting until I came...

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I woke up this morning to find the Boy Mayor of New York in the New York Times, the same Mayor who became the decider in The Knish War on...

Since 1968 my book, Have You Seen Birds? has been in print and available in the United States without interruption. That's a long time...

Looking forward to a reading and a delicious knish tasting, too! June 23rd at 11:30-ish at the Essex Street Market at 120 Essex Street....

Just back from Book Expo book signing! Maybe the knish is going to be the new hot food! What fun! Sorry we didn't get a photo of the line...

Remembering Stanley Hayami on this Memorial Day and wondering what he would write in his diary in 2018 as our government tears children...

Last year, just before The Knish War on Rivington Street went to press, I re-learned the lesson about being careful of what you wish for....