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).
In the prologue of my novel Jellyfish Have Eyes, Ricardo reflects on his dead wife and tells her, “If you had been there and seen the jellyfish, Lillian. They have eyes and minds. We have so much to learn from them.” Ricardo, a fierce believer in chasing ideas that...
After having written a few personal essays laying the foundation for a memoir, I was uncertain whether the story of my life – a government scientist who had never suffered adversity or injustice – would have an audience. This question resurfaced in a different format...
Near the end of my upcoming memoir on my life in science, I think back on my trip to Lilloet in Canada to visit Van, my high school friend, whom I hadn’t seen in some 60 years. Van lived an independent life, including many years in a commune off the grid in British...