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Joram Piatigorsky
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).
More Posts from Joram
Saying “Yes”
In the short story, Another, by Dave Eggers, the narrator is in Cairo against the advice of his government to deliver a package, which he successfully does in the opening sentence. We know nothing about who he works for or what’s in the package. That’s irrelevant....
Thoughts at a Bar Mitzvah: Multiple Universes
Two weeks ago, Oliver, the son of my nephew Evan, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Baltimore. During the ceremony, I followed in English as the rabbi read Hebrew from the prayer book, and I listened with modest familiarity to the tunes sung by the cantor and...


