Joram turned to writing following a successful career in science. To his surprise, the two have a lot in common. Joram's latest publication is a collection of short stories, Notes Going Underground. Additional publications include The Open Book and Other Tales of Love and Yearning (short stories), Jellyfish Have Eyes (novel), Gene Sharing and Evolution:
The Diversity of Protein Functions (non-fiction), and The Speed of Dark, a Memoir (non-fiction).
New York Times publishing reporter Alexandra Alter wrote once of the merits of so-called sensitivity readers, who look for underlying prejudices or misunderstandings in books and articles that might have unintended consequences. Sensitivity readers screen for slurs,...
We think of time as a forward movement, the past as gone forever, and the present moving ahead towards the future. If it were only that simple, time moving forward at a steady pace. But I consider time motionless, always present, silent, the medium in which events occur.
“ I see,” said the blind man. “Good,” responded his blind companion. “I too saw the light of day the moment I heard the explanation.” Never mind what the blind man “saw,” or what his blind companion heard. I know precisely what the two blind men meant: they “saw” –...