Brooke Berman
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Brooke Berman
@babnyc226.bsky.social
Writer, Filmmaker, Memoirist, Playwright, Educator, Mom. www.brookeberman.net, www.ramonaatmidlife.com
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We Hold These Truths
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October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Dear Patti Smith...
Happy Anniversary, "Horses!"
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October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Collective Power and the FilmStack Inspiration Challenge (#31)
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Collective Power and the FilmStack Inspiration Challenge (#31)
Six filmmakers share what’s inspiring them.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
One year of Substack posts (and another to come): open.substack.com/pub/ramonaat...
Ramona's Substack Anniversary!
Thanks For Being Part of Year One
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August 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
JUNE roundup: Last call for 6/4 writing workshop, three hours via Zoom. AND... I'm hosting a great event in NYC on 6/9, Writing Midlife, with these incredible authors. Come see us! www.bookclubbar.com/events/26703...
Author Panel: Writing Midlife | Book Club Bar
Independent general bookstore and full service cocktail and espresso bar in the East Village of NYC, serving handcrafted drinks in a cozy community space.
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May 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
June 4, one-day Zoom writing workshop OMG NOW WHAT? Mining new material for a new season. Generative creating writing prompts, every genre, all kinds of writers welcome. DM me for deets.
May 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In conversation with Mo Ogrodnik tomorrow night in NYC, also upcoming Zoom workshops: ramonaatmidlife.substack.com/p/bb-news
BB News
delighted to announce a live event and summer workshops!
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May 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
So THIS happened, and it was incredible. Here I am with my excellent cousin Jay in Highland Park, IL.
May 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Someone said Parker Palmer was on Substack and I thought they said Parker Posey and I got excited.
April 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What does it mean that this season I'm way more into Deborah than Ava? #Hacks
April 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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NEW Minibabble: Brooke Berman, Director at Midlife - Haven't had time to listen to the full hour interview? Here's a bite-sized bit about the making of Ramona at Midlife.
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Minibabble: Brooke Berman, Director at Midlife -
Brooke Berman is a first-time film director. She’s also a middle-aged woman, a mom, and a wife with a full writing career under her belt. In this mini-episode, we explore what she learned from directi...
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April 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suggested allowing bird flu to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Veterinary scientists said that would be inhumane, dangerous and have enormous economic consequences.
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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"Writer holds the knife on the sharp side": Some thoughts about indie filmmaker Brooke Berman's film, Ramona at Midlife.
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Writer holds the knife on the sharp side
and makes a film that's true to itself
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March 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.

If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
EPISODE RELEASE: "Filmmaker at Midlife"
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EPISODE RELEASE: "Filmmaker at Midlife"
In conversation with Brooke Berman
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March 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
WTF @schumer.senate.gov ? And no, the Op Ed in today's Times didn't make it less cowardly.
March 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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When President Trump entered his first term, stocks were steadily marching upward. This time, the trajectory has inverted. Here's how. nyti.ms/3XVhSjh
March 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Coming soon to The Babblery: An interview with first-time film director Brooke Berman. Subscribe: babblery.com/subscribe/
Love that funky psychic soup! @babnyc226.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I just cried on the phone to @velazquez.house.gov registering my concern and rage re: closure of the Dept of Education. Have you called your reps yet?
March 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Anyone else exhausted?
March 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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These DEMS voted to censure Al Green.
If they're your rep, please give them a piece of your mind.
Reps. Ami Bera & Jim Costa, CA; Ed Case, HI; Laura Gillen & Tom Suozzi, NY; Jim Himes of Connecticut; Chrissy Houlahan, PA; Marcy Kaptur, OH; Jared Moskowitz, FL; and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, WA
March 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM