

MCSWEENEY'S
Below is an essay I had published in McSweeney's years ago during the pandemic. A FORCE OUTSIDE MYSELF: CITIZENS OVER 60 SPEAK...


Black Girl You Are Atlas - Renee Watson's New Book
My 12 days of heaven began with a 5-day trip to Santa Monica CA to be with my loving family. Every moment was special. It was...


I AM THRILLED THE NYU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PUBLISHED THE BELOW FEATURE ABOUT ME IN THE NYU ALUMNI NEWS
Arts & Science Alumni ALUMNI FEATURE Nancy Davidoff Kelton (WSC ’69) Nancy Davidoff Kelton (WSC ’69) has taught writing at The New School...


OH WHAT A NIGHT
The actors were terrific. The staged reading of my play, EVERYONE’S A STRANGER, and the audience’s reaction exceeded my expectations. In...


This Play's My Thing
Dear Friends, I am looking forward to seeing you November 12 at Spark Theatre Festival for a reading of my play Everyone's a Stranger....


4 WOMEN, 4 STORIES, AND MORE
In July, at my friend Peggy’s pool in the North Fork, where I swim and eat delicious dinners, I told her that Jonathan and I would be...


Healing Voices
On Friday night June 2, Art House Productions in Jersey City held a terrific event called “Healing Voices” in its beautiful new theater. ...


May: Mental Health Awareness Month
May, mental health awareness month, is about to end. I worry about people who are unaware of mental health issues. Their own. Those of...


WITH LOVE TO MOM ON MOTHER'S DAY
(This essay was published in NEXT AVENUE on May 10, 2023 with the title My Mother's Memorable Lessons) By Nancy Davidoff Kelton I am 75....


Are You There, God?
“I’ve heard good things about you,” Abby Ryder Fortson says as Margaret near the beginning of the movie Are you There, God? It’s Me,...