Ghost Stories

E. M. Broner

1995

I. My Mother in the Mirror

Superimposed upon my face in the mirror is my mother’s. I am about to comb my hair, but here she is, brushing hers, her thick, wavy, white hair.

We quarrelled about hair.

“Don’t wear your hair so short and flat, Mom,” I said. “It’s too mannish.”

“Don’t wear yours so wild and woolly,” she would reply. “It’s too girlish.”

I…

Please login or register for free access to Posen Library

Already have an account?

Engage with this Source

Creator Bio

E. M. Broner

1930–2011

E. M. Broner (Esther Broner) was born in Detroit, where she was professor of English and creative writing at Wayne State University. Broner wrote plays, novels, essays, radio scripts, and short stories, infusing her writing with a strong feminist and Jewish point of view. Her works appear in popular periodicals, literary journals, and anthologies, and she received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the 1983 Wonder Woman Award.

Details

Ghost Stories

I. My Mother in the Mirror

Engage with this Source

Language:

Places:

Categories:

Subjects:

You may also like

Ghost Stories

I. My Mother in the Mirror

Engage with this Source

Language:

Places:

Categories:

Subjects:

You may also like

Dayenu

Ma‘aneh lashon (Expression of the Tongue)

The Wandering Jew