I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.
Dani ShapiroMy desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach.
Dani ShapiroMy journals were a clearing house - a garbage can. Once I was writing seriously, I understood that this was the stuff that didn't belong in my work.
Dani Shapiro