Subscribe to feedby Maralyn Lois Polak -- Epigraph: "Let not that devil, which undoes your sex, That cursed curiosity, seduce you To hunt for needless secrets; which neglected Shall never hurt your quiet, but once more…
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Maralyn Lois Polak is a Philadelphia-based journalist, screenwriter, essayist, novelist, editor, spoken-word artist, performance poet and occasional radio personality. With architect Benjamin Nia, she has just completed a short documentary film about the threatened demolition of a historic neighborhood, "MY HOMETOWN: Preservation or Development?" on DVD. She is the author of several books including the collection of literary profiles, "The Writer as Celebrity: Intimate Interviews," and her latest volume of poetry, "The Bologna Sandwich and Other Poems of LOVE and Indigestion." Her books can be ordered by contacting her directly.
Travel channeling
by Maralyn Lois Polak -- Did I dream this, or can there really be television channels that show only virtual vacations, video tours for couch potatoes? Destination after destination, but no journey, no more…
FleaBay: City life, Part II
by Maralyn Lois Polak -- We were having our block's annual fall flea market, and it was the perfect day. Sunny, slight breeze, few clouds, lots of residents participating; there were sidewalks jammed more…
Killer on the loose
by Maralyn Lois Polak -- While "America's Mayor" Ed Rendell has been flashing his bad comb-over on national telly as -- shudder -- the new head of the Democratic National Committee, the city more…
Everything's beautiful?
by Maralyn Lois Polak -- Beauty was in the air, everywhere I turned. So much so, I felt like I was trapped in that Robert Benigno movie improbably named (shudder) "Life Is Beautiful!" more…
A flirty rebuttal
by Maralyn Lois Polak -- Calling all Girls, calling all Girls! Man run amok behind computer! Two-armed and dangerous! Will stop at nothing to portray female advances in a horrific light. Subject is more…
Hard labor
by Maralyn Lois Polak -- This is before the invention of aerobics: Sally Field leaps atop a table in the middle of a factory and implores the overworked lady workers to halt: They more…
'Dragon lady'
by Maralyn Lois Polak -- It was a vile day and I was in a vile mood. Robert Downey Jr., serving a stiff jail sentence for using drugs, wasn't a criminal, he was more…
'The whine cellar'
by Maralyn Lois Polak -- My married friend "Doris" and I were happily headed on another sunny summer Sunday morning jaunt to one of our favorite haunts, a flea market in New Jersey. more…
'Laptops of the Gods'
by Maralyn Lois Polak -- Just when I was getting used to the notion of cyber-confessions and electronic communion from the hip, with-it, now Catholic Church, I learn an American Roman Catholic newspaper more…