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Points of View
(a creative nonfiction blog)
Points of View is now on Substack! You can read it here.
Below you'll find all of the original POV posts from 2020-2025.
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The city vanishes
Is New York still a helluva town?
Barrie Kreinik
Dec 21, 20205 min read
Let freedom ring...for everyone
What happens when your liberty negates my rights?
Barrie Kreinik
Nov 17, 20205 min read
The sound of silence
What do I write when the world is unutterable?
Barrie Kreinik
Sep 29, 20203 min read
Defying binaries—the trouble with either/or
What happens when we refuse to choose?
Barrie Kreinik
Sep 10, 20204 min read
Once upon an actress
Remembering that one dream started out as two.
Barrie Kreinik
Aug 26, 20206 min read
This is what's happening
In-the-moment living amid a global health crisis.
Barrie Kreinik
Aug 12, 20205 min read
I see London, I see France...
Memories of an epic pre-pandemic journey.
Barrie Kreinik
Jul 29, 20206 min read
An actor's life for me
Being a performer can be hard. Here's one way to make it easier.
Barrie Kreinik
Jul 15, 20208 min read
City of ghosts
Around every corner is an apparition from my past.
Barrie Kreinik
Jul 8, 20204 min read
Love, loss, and what I listened to
Finding solace in the healing power of verse.
Barrie Kreinik
Jun 30, 20206 min read
Queen of corona
Did I actually have COVID-19? I might never know for sure.
Barrie Kreinik
Jun 24, 20206 min read
How do we identify? (And...should we?)
We are who we are...and so much more.
Barrie Kreinik
Jun 17, 20206 min read
Blue, brown, black, white—empathy in action
Lessons in antiracism from Jane Elliott and Jewish ethics.
Barrie Kreinik
Jun 10, 20205 min read
Verbification, and other made-up words
Maybe it's time we reconditioned the word "friend."
Barrie Kreinik
Jun 3, 20205 min read
Welcome to the blogosphere...
To post or not to post? That is the question.
Barrie Kreinik
May 23, 20208 min read
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