We lived in the shadow of our rich relations. Mother was intent on keeping up with the people she was raised with, which was impossible. My father was a physician who wanted to be a rabbi but was weighed down by a great sense of obligation to support his family in style. Stewart Stern familyfathergreat share on social
Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote. Stewart Stern assignmentbeginchildhood share on social
There was no demonstration of love I could read as a little boy. Stewart Stern boydemonstrationlove Change image and share on social
