Dr. Metablog is the nom de blague of Vivian de St. Vrain, the pen name of a resident of the mountain west who writes about language, books, politics, or whatever else comes to mind. Under the name Otto Onions (Oh NIGH uns), Vivian de St. Vrain is the author of “The Big Book of False Etymologies” (Oxford, 1978) and, writing as Amber Feldhammer, is editor of the classic anthology of confessional poetry, “My Underwear” (Virago, 1997).
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My mother, your great-grandmother, Lillian Green, was born in New York City, probably in Harlem, on June 9, 1905. Her parents, Sonia Chafetz and Joseph Usilewski, were part of the great migration to America of Eastern European speakers of Yiddish. According to my mother, Sonia and Joseph were both engaged to other people when they…
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