Emily Greenberg

2 months ago | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Emily Greenberg

A character in Alternative Facts, Emily Greenberg’s debut collection of short stories, has a personal code. Oz is a photojournalist in Ankara who witnesses a shock assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey. He has his camera, so he takes pictures, and while reflecting on their subjects — the assassin and the assassinated — his code is tested. He wants to condemn the killer. Condemnation would be easy.

2 months ago | electricliterature.com | Emily Greenberg

Reading Lists These books forgo "loosely based on" and name names From Robert Coover’s The Public Burning to Lance Olsen’s Always Crashing in the Same Car, many novels over the past half century have used public figures like Richard Nixon and David Bowie as significant fictional characters. Unlike traditional fiction where characters are “loosely based on” or “inspired by” real people, Coover’s and Olsen’s novels rely heavily on factual, biographical details. They name names. Yet, Coover and...

May 13, 2024 | sailmagazine.com | Emily Greenberg

They call themselves the Vagabonds. A psychologist, a healing arts practitioner, a traveling millwright, a widowed restaurateur—this is only a fraction of the colorful characters that make up Watauga Lake Sailing Club. Just west of the North Carolina border in Tennessee, nestled in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains and surrounded by the Cherokee National Forest, Watauga Lake is a man-made reservoir turned recreational paradise.

May 13, 2024 | flipboard.com | Emily Greenberg

They call themselves the Vagabonds. A psychologist, a healing arts practitioner, a traveling millwright, a widowed restaurateur—this is only a …

Nov 28, 2023 | sailmagazine.com | Emily Greenberg

Before #boatlife. Before TikTok and Youtube sailors were raking in millions of views. Before the rise of influencers, daily vlogs, brand deals, and giant followings, we were using social media for something other than marketing; we were using it for socializing. Instagram was still Instagram when Captain Gwendolyn Whitney and I started trading likes on photos posted from our respective boats. I started following her in 2020, and I’m glad I did.