Holly Rizzuto Palker

New Jersey

Freelance Editor at Your Teen Magazine

Writer. Profiles editor @literarymama & former freelance editor @yourteenmag, Board Member @ASJAhq, WFWA,SAG/AFTRA @theindependent @nydailynews @parents

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Articles

Sunday Morning Poetry: A Conversation with Wendy Wisner

3 weeks ago | literarymama.com | Holly Rizzuto Palker |Wendy Wisner

The New Life: Poemsby Wendy WisnerCornerstone Press (2024) The New Life: Poems (Cornerstone Press, 2024) is poet Wendy Wisner’s newest, exquisite work of art. Wisner’s second most recent poetry book, Morph and Bloom (CW Books, 2013), was written more than 10 years earlier. Why such a long time in between publications? Wisner was busy mothering two children who are now teenagers, offering lactation consulting services to new mothers, and earning her living as a full-time freelance writer.
Stories and Activities They'll Love

1 month ago | msn.com | Holly Rizzuto Palker

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Explaining Passover to Kids: Stories and Activities They'll Love

1 month ago | parents.com | Holly Rizzuto Palker

Getty Images. Art: Jillian Sellers. Passover (Pesach) is a Jewish holiday that honors the freedom and exodus of the previously enslaved Israelites from Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II. While the crux of the holiday's historical origin centers on emancipation from death and destruction, there are ways to explain the Passover story to kids that highlight symbols of hope and resilience.
7 Effective Ways to Apologize to Your Kids-And Why It Matters

Jan 28, 2025 | parents.com | Holly Rizzuto Palker

My first-grader's school vacation should have been a welcomed respite, but instead, it turned into five unstructured days balancing my work from home schedule with entertaining a 7-year-old. One afternoon, in an effort to keep her busy, I suggested she start a pastel portrait while I arranged a grocery delivery. From the kitchen table, I gave her directions on to set up, but she forgot to cover the dining room chair with a towel, smearing red pastel all over it.
Our family’s interfaith break fast features bagels and lasagna

Sep 24, 2024 | jewishaz.com | Holly Rizzuto Palker

“Happy Yom Kippur!” my mom shouted on speakerphone to my fiancé and his family. “Thank you,” they said. “Mom, Yom Kippur isn’t really happy,” I explained. We were staying at my future in-laws’ Long Island home, and everyone was exhausted from fasting. Insecure about not being Jewish myself, I longed to prove I was the perfect daughter-in-law-to-be. But I was the odd one out because I’d broken the fast earlier with a Power Bar to stave off a migraine.
Attorney Joseph Perry on ASJA Member Legal Benefits, Contracts, ChatGPT, and More

May 16, 2024 | asja.org | Holly Rizzuto Palker

If you didn’t realize that ASJA offers discounts on legal services, you aren’t alone. ASJA members can get help with contracts, licensing agreement, and other legal issues through Joseph Perry, founder of Joseph Perry Law, in White Plains, New York. Perry counsels writers, authors, editors, agents, and other creatives in the book and magazine publishing industries, and works as a literary agent. When Perry attended the NYU Publishing Institute in 2010, he was adamant that he wanted to be an editor.
Will You Be My College Roommate? The Age of the 'Dormprosal'

Apr 17, 2024 | grownandflown.com | Holly Rizzuto Palker

“Mom, I got asked to be someone’s roommate!” My soon-to-be-college-freshman daughter’s voice beamed. It was as if I’d been catapulted ten years into the future and she’d just received a marriage proposal. I reined in my excitement, nodding rather than speaking, while reminding myself that this was just college. “She loves blue, like me,” my daughter continued. “That’s perfect,” I teased her.
Notes From Labor of Love: Holly Rizzuto Palker

Mar 10, 2024 | literarymama.com | Holly Rizzuto Palker

March 11, 2024 | Blog | I was excited when Amanda Jaros asked for anthology essay submissions from the staff. I knew I wanted to write about my youngest daughter and our connection to spending time at our beach house. It was also nagging at me that I couldn’t part with a toy tent in our living room there, so I wanted to unpack my feelings about it.
Welcome to my Newsletter

Jan 14, 2024 | hollyrizzutopalker.substack.com | Holly Rizzuto Palker

Happy New Year! I’m writing via Substack as a streamlined way to communicate about my life. Since social media is fraught with algorithms, and everyone is hanging out various platforms, I’m giving this a shot. My posts will be short and sweet, and I’m super afraid to commit to a posting schedule, just yet. This communication will serve as my newsletter, blog, professional update, place to share personal stories, place to give advice, or whatever you want to call it.
A View from Inside the Syrian Jewish Community: A Conversation with Corie Adjmi

Dec 13, 2023 | literarymama.com | Holly Rizzuto Palker |Corie Adjmi

The Marriage Boxby Corie AdjmiShe Writes Press (2023); 288 pp.; $16.69 (Paperback) Corie Adjmi’s second book, a novel called, The Marriage Box (She Writes Press, 2023), was named one of the best Jewish books of the year by The Jewish Chronicle. It’s an honest slice-of-life narrative that respectfully explores Syrian Jewish culture and traditions in the ‘80s and examines themes of patriarchy and belonging. I met Corie Adjmi at a book party hosted by Zibby Owens.