<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Julie Sternberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julie Sternberg]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:08:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.juliesternberg.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA["Therein lies the joy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[LISTS &#38; LINKS My husband and I met our daughters several weeks ago for lunch at Bubby’s in Tribeca, followed by a trip to the McNally...]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/single-post/therein-lies-the-joy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64fc5a6d0d5e505105076f92</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2023 11:48:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e3dcf_0427db416eb0476c860d2ce5a11b32bc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_710,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sternbergjulie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best book you've never heard of]]></title><description><![CDATA[At first I thought, My God, this book is phenomenal! So much motion in the language, such immediate, immersive scene-setting—and the...]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/single-post/the-best-book-you-ve-never-heard-of</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64c40d5c2891beb5a52b311f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2023 18:51:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e3dcf_18415709cc094aae9daa49bff4810fad~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sternbergjulie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[All About Cheating]]></title><description><![CDATA[LISTS &#38; LINKS Sometimes you read an excerpt of a memoir about adultery, and you think, Huh. That’s an interesting structure for a book....]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/single-post/all-about-cheating</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64999f85ffebec23c81925f3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:29:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e3dcf_0fcb6340cdf941af84247f61e2c92667~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sternbergjulie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["The time when we are closest to each other"]]></title><description><![CDATA[LISTS &#38; LINKS I committed my first crime in a Baton Rouge grocery store when I was four years old. A pad of stationery caught my eye–pale...]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/single-post/the-time-when-we-are-closest-to-each-other</link><guid isPermaLink="false">645518810c2e542d41d322c1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2023 15:02:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e3dcf_9eec8d9282fb475baae79bffea4a9ccc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_627,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sternbergjulie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgetting my own difficulties]]></title><description><![CDATA[LISTS &#38; LINKS Sometimes life leads you down a William Landay rabbit hole. Landay is the author of Defending Jacob, a book I loved when it...]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/single-post/forgetting-my-own-difficulties</link><guid isPermaLink="false">642621d2bb7ac32bbf1054d7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:03:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e3dcf_2399c72a3fea4d56803229a17c024741~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_665,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sternbergjulie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the books, it's me.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve had a rough reading stretch. Things I’d usually love I want to hurl across the room; things I wouldn’t normally read I’m adoring....]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/single-post/it-s-not-the-books-it-s-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f97fb95847b9b2226ec437</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 03:35:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e3dcf_c0f501f209dd41309b1e3bdf6d88ad42~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sternbergjulie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["The hope! The guilt! The quest for shelving!”]]></title><description><![CDATA[This morning I started State of the Union, Nick Hornby’s novel about a married couple in crisis. The husband has just turned and...]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/single-post/the-hope-the-guilt-the-quest-for-shelving</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f97d0b6ca4861fea3e9bd7</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 03:20:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e3dcf_534b29d4cc284614a5bb54bf60b62934~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_920,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sternbergjulie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stores and Stories of a Southern Jewish Childhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[About a week ago, at an event for the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in New Orleans, I shared some stories from my childhood...]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/single-post/the-stores-and-stories-of-a-southern-jewish-childhood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603fc4743190250015745940</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:32:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR2YtK0uehlMroDfu59vCjgIPOHifl8f9CQkD8_hM644udZ8Ag2i15kXZZ8&amp;v=kVq6Bnx_5e8&amp;feature=youtu.be" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>sternbergjulie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literary Life Lessons]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was not my idea. Gianfranco Lentini, the producer of the podcast that I co-host with Eve Yohalem, suggested that she and I record...]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/single-post/literary-life-lessons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">602ef2f45f35570017d19ee6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:14:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e3dcf_73ee1c60c0fd42ab872a46de1a91d90b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sternbergjulie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tonic for Our Times]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a quiet birthday earlier this month with my husband and daughters, a chocolate Betty Crocker cake (hard to beat), and perhaps my...]]></description><link>https://www.juliesternberg.com/single-post/a-tonic-for-our-times</link><guid isPermaLink="false">601585d4dfc59f00179d902d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:23:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e3dcf_9f16da9841874dc7b3d7a6e3f873c5ea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sternbergjulie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good News]]></title><description><![CDATA[It might be hard to believe, but there has been good news this year. 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