Puppies, love, and chocolate: how to live on life’s knife edge

Love here, love now

Anndee Hochman was never a dog person … until her daughter brought home a poodle puppy who got into the chocolate. How do we live and love when catastrophe is always waiting?

Anndee Hochman

Jan 31, 2023 · Essays · 5 minute read

Do we need a child’s humanity to see unhoused people?

Everyone was seven once

Anndee Hochman remembers her daughter’s childhood in a home that was open to others who needed it. But eventually, the little girl asks: who is that person on the street?

Anndee Hochman

Mar 28, 2023 · Essays · 5 minute read

Working 9 to 5: A Women’s Movement, a Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie, by Ellen Cassedy

Women workers have come a long way—but the fight continues

This book by longtime Daily News columnist Ellen Cassedy explores the roots of a modern movement for women workers’ rights—a fight that continues today. Anndee Hochman reviews.

Anndee Hochman

Jul 08, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read

Done Doing Time: A Portrait of Life After Prison, by Hinda Schuman

Every neighborhood, every human life

In her second book, Philadelphia photographer Hinda Schuman’s sensitive and unflinching lens documents the lives of two women struggling to rebuild their lives after incarceration. Anndee Hochman reviews.

Anndee Hochman

Jul 08, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read

No house lasts forever, including our own bodies. We keep moving as long as we can.

Good-enough bones

While Anndee Hochman faces treatment for osteoporosis, she remembers the different homes we live in, from our bones to our houses, and everything we’ll do to keep them standing.

Anndee Hochman

Jul 25, 2023 · Essays · 5 minute read

As a mom, daughter, and freelancer, I'm good at juggling (figuratively). But can I really catch and let go?

This is not a metaphor

Writer Anndee Hochman is used to toggling through life: her mom, her family, her home, her work. So when life got grim, she decided to try juggling for real. How do you learn to catch and let go?

Anndee Hochman

Oct 09, 2023 · Essays · 5 minute read

Rinse, by Elaine Terranova

Making peace with enigma

Philly writer Elaine Terranova’s eighth book, Rinse, shows the author’s poetic sensibilities with lyrical language that captures emotional tones and thrumming silences. Anndee Hochman reviews.

Anndee Hochman

Nov 13, 2023 · Reviews · 5 minute read