“Bitch!” said the gentleman, before he sipped champagne. “I hope she takes a tumble,” said the lady next to him, nodding. “What a monster,” drifted across the room in a voice I couldn’t identify. The infamous 1994 Women’s Figure Skating Olympics was about to be...
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
Finding My People
I first met Stephen Burt some 30 years ago when he was an elementary school classmate with my son, Auran. I was exposed to his brilliance already then when he visited my laboratory at the National Institutes of Health and demonstrated a sophisticated knowledge of...
My Sliding Bar on Imperfections
In a blog last April Defining Flaws, I considered flaws, or imperfections, a characteristic of creativity. I wrote, “...the flaws in design, and characters, and execution may be the most important contributions you make, whether intended or not...Creativity is a...


