Category Archives: Writing Philadelphia

Philadelphia subjects: People, places and things that Susan has written about in Philadelphia.

Meryl Levitz loves us back

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Susan Perloff

A recent profile of Meryl Levitz, delightful leader of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), ran in the Jewish Exponent on September 7, 2011. In it, former governor, former mayor, former district attorney Ed Rendell publicly admits his love for … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia Writers Group

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Susan Perloff

Join the Philadelphia Writers Group and share your creative nonfiction: Personal essays, professional papers, book manuscripts, whatever. We meet twice a month to share our work and receive helpful, positive critiques. We have developed a collegial style, and we’re comfortable … Continue reading →

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Rodeo Drive 19104

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Susan Perloff

For its entire life on Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, this sign never came close to the posh collection of shops on Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles. Both are streets, but that’s about their only connection. Yet the hubris of the sign thrills me.

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Kosher killing

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Susan Perloff

This one slays me. The sign, recently killed, hung above a butcher shop in South Philadelphia. Kosher killing means the slaughter must follow biblical rules. Gentile killing? Omigod.

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Remembering my college newspaper

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Susan Perloff

It’s Tuesday evening, November 26, 1963. Yesterday the nation buried President Kennedy. Today everyone is wondering how life will go on. Poet Archibald MacLeish, author of the play J.B., stands at the podium in silence. He says that he will … Continue reading →

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