Zark Street

Blogging about the crooked lines that lead us to the people we're meant to meet; bumping into faith unexpectedly; single parenting; interfaith marriage; older parents. Also writing about tween fiction, parenting tweens, rebels, rule breakers, historical 1950s fiction and an 11-year-old who wants to meet Jack Kerouac. Plus, whatever else occurs to me.

Thursday, August 21, 2025

And No One Shall Terrify You: Dreamscape (Poem) at Insomnia Salon

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Performed tonight at Insomnia Salon, so I thought I'd include the poem I wrote. I was part of a collective that spent the year exploring...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Singing Evenings: What We Lose Without Them

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I was fourteen, sitting in a cabin with a rubber bubble cap over my hair, which I was attempting to dry. I was extremely bored — so I decide...
Monday, April 28, 2025

Talking in My Sleep: I’ve got a bad case of somniloquoy — and no idea how to fix it

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  There’s an old song by The Romantics called   Talking in Your Sleep   that was always one of my favorites. I have been talking in my sleep...
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Flying Blind: What I Learned at the Airport from a Woman Who Can't See

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Sitting at the departure gate for my flight home from New York, I'm trying to convince myself there isn't a hole in my heart. Leavin...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Want Your Lead Character to be a Character Actor? Here's Some Ideas

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  Yes, the lead character is the one who leads you through any story you might see on stage, screen, novels and anywhere else stories are to...
Saturday, February 1, 2025

How You Got That Story: Thoughts for the Writer Seeking It

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  The house stood in the middle of Jerusalem more than 2,000 years ago and was owned by a priestly family known as Katros. When Romans destr...
Sunday, January 5, 2025

Is New York Still the Best Place for Authors, Playwrights, Actors and Artists?

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  She was thirty something, smallish, brunette. Her hair was chin-length, and her eyes were almost too dark to be real. When she came out of...
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Jenna Zark
Jenna Zark is a playwright, lyricist and novelist. Her play A Body of Water was published by Dramatists Play Service and produced at Circle Repertory Company in New York. Other plays were produced in the Twin Cities, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and elsewhere. Her book Crooked Lines: A Single Mom's Jewish Journey is published by Koehler Books and shares her story through the lens of Jewish holidays and rituals. As a former staff writer at Scholastic Choices magazine, Zark wrote extensively for middle school and junior high students. She has released two novels in The Beat Street Series: The Beat on Ruby's Street and Fool's Errand -- and is working on a third. To learn more, please visit jennazark.com.
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