Author Archives: Diana Spechler

About Diana Spechler

Diana Spechler is the author of the novels Who By Fire (Harper Perennial, 2008) and Skinny (Harper Perennial, 2011). She has written for The New York Times, GQ, O Magazine, Esquire, New York Magazine, Details, The Wall Street Journal, Nerve, Slate, Glimmer Train Stories, and elsewhere. She teaches writing in New York City and for Stanford University's Online Writer's Studio. Learn more at www.dianaspechler.com, and get at her on Facebook and Twitter.

Mingling with the Mistletoe

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Diana Spechler

Diana Spechler goes home for the holidays. To Staten Island for her first Christmas. Continue reading →

What You Really Really Want

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Diana Spechler

In which Diana Spechler relives her senior prom. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged Alanis Morissette, Ani DiFranco, Beverly Hills 90210, Ginger Spice, Indigo Girls, Saved By The Bell, Spice Up Your Life, The Spice Girls, Wannabe | 5 Comments

National Tap Dance Day

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Diana Spechler

In which Diana Spechler falls in love with a variety of dancing men. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged Foot Loose, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Grease, Jerusalem, John Travolta, McDonald's, Olivia Newton John, Sinai | Comments Off

Running For President

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Diana Spechler

In which Diana Spechler recalls her childhood political ambitions and her eleven-year-old breasts. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged Bloomingdales, Driving Miss Daisy, election day, Facebook, J. Crew, Jessica Tandy, Marshall's, Morgan Freeman, political aspirations, presidential campaign, Reeboks, union organizer, Washington DC | Comments Off

Mother’s Day

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Diana Spechler

In which Diana Spechler remembers her ex-boyfriends’ mothers. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged beautiful, fat, little white dog, mojito, Mother's Day, Scrabble, self-help, tea | Comments Off

Jewish-American Heritage Month

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Diana Spechler

In which Diana Spechler seeks revenge in the Middle East. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged Dead Sea, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish-American Heritage Month, Rothberg International School, study abroad | Comments Off

My Boyfriend, Jesus

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Diana Spechler

In which Diana Spechler reminisces about her college boyfriend, who thought he was Jesus. Continue reading →

Posted in Memoir | Tagged Bill Clinton, Boulder, Buzz Aldrin, demons, farting, Halloween, Hillary Clinton, Jesus, Jewish, Mary Magdalene, schizophrenic, vampire | Comments Off