NOT GOD: A Production at the Black Box Theater at HV MOCA
NOT GOD, A Staged Reading at Studio Theater in Exile’s Black Box Theater at Hudson Valley MOCA Saturday, November 12th at 7PM & Sunday, November 13th at 3PM BUY TICKETS NOT GOD evokes the delicate bond between a doctor struggling with limitations and a patient in search of clarity and dignity. The play, in poetry,…
Read MoreAlumni Writers at Franklin & Marshall College: Marc Straus ’65, February 23, 2022
Marc J. Straus gave a craft talk and a reading at Franklin & Marshall College’s Writers House this past February. Marc J. Straus is the author of the memoir One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in 1950s New York. He is an oncologist and a former Chairman of Oncology and Professor of Medicine.…
Read MoreMeet the Authors at the Queens Public Library
Meet the Authors at the Queens Public Library Meet New York writers at your local library! Books will be available for sale and signing. Marc Straus, One-Legged Mongoose Marc Straus discusses his memoir, a vivid portrait of 1950s New York through the lens of a young Jewish immigrant family. Starting as a precocious, scrappy kid…
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MBR Bookwatch’s Review of One-Legged Mongoose
Midwest Book Review’s online book review magazine “MBR Bookwatch” featured a review of “One-Legged Mongoose”. Check out the review here, or read it below: Synopsis: It’s June 1953, and 10-year-old Marc Straus is in his mother’s car, getting sick from her cigarette smoke on his way to a Hebrew lesson. He and his brother, Stephen,…
Read MoreFrom the Ashes: Podcast Interview
From the Ashes Ep 56: One-Legged Mongoose with Marc Straus Poet, writer, medical oncologist, and art collector Marc Straus joins the show to talk about memoir – One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in 1950s New York. He’ll share some of his stories about the contemporary art scene in New York City. Through…
Read MoreWhen is an Immigrant No Longer an Immigrant? A Discussion From Experience
My forthcoming memoir, One Legged-Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies and Coming of Age in 1950s New York, is narrated by my 10-year-old self in the 1950s when I was between the ages of 10 and 12. My dad was an immigrant who escaped abject poverty in Ukraine at the age of 15. He went to work 16…
Read MoreArtists and Writers as Activists: Remembering the McCarthy Hearings
I was just a pre-teen in the early 1950s, but I was old enough to remember quite vividly the McCarthy hearings on TV. In the midst of the Cold War, Senator Joseph McCarthy sought to identify Soviet spies and sympathizers who worked in the U.S. government and other high-profile industries, particularly Hollywood filmmaking and television. …
Read MoreShould We Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations? Lessons From The British Virgin Islands
In One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in 1950s New York, my memoir to be published this September, I recount the sudden onset of polio when I was 11 years old. It was a hot June day, and as I attempted to walk downstairs in our Long Island home, my legs couldn’t hold…
Read MoreIs Left Brain vs. Right Brain A False Choice? Yes. Here’s Why…
My forthcoming memoir, One Legged-Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies and Coming of Age in 1950s New York, recounts the years I was 10 to 12 years old, narrated by the boy. My father was an immigrant who came to the U.S. from Ukraine at age 15, impoverished and orphaned. He went to work and, in his twenties,…
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