Bronx Snapshots is a collection of poems and essays drawn from Goldstein-Fodor’s memories of growing up in a working-class, progressive Jewish family in the East Bronx from 1935 to 1956. These pieces illuminate neighborhood life and culture, antisemitism, family experiences during the war years, and the postwar era, culminating in her undergraduate years at City College of New York during the McCarthy era. In a moving epilogue, she returns with her children and grandchildren to a much-changed neighborhood to celebrate her 90th birthday.
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ABOUT IRIS:
Iris Fodor, Ph.D., a Clinical Psychologist, is Professor Emerita in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University. She was a Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology for over forty-five years and was the director of two doctoral programs for training child clinicians and School Psychologists. She is a Licensed Psychotherapist in New York City, has ABPP Board certification in Clinical Psychology. She specializes in Cognitive and Gestalt Therapy. Iris Fodor is known for teaching, conducting workshops and writings about anxiety management, feminism-women’s metal health, and integrative psychotherapy. Recent work focuses on memoir, experiential writing and life story. She is also a social activist and photographer who has participated in the Bridges to Understanding digital story telling projects with Tibetan adolescents in India and adolescents in South Africa, and Peru. Iris Fodor has been active in Professional Organizations and conducted international training seminars world-wide. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and is past president of their Clinical Division section on Women. She has published over fifty articles and chapters and is the author of an Edited book on Assertiveness and Social Skills Training for Adolescents. Iris has a son, daughter and three granddaughters. She lives in New York City and Woodstock, New York.