The Shoe & The Pen
The Shoe & The Pen
Wait, bootmaking and writing?
"Bootman" was the first chapter of Beauty that made its way onto the page. I knew that boots would be an important metaphor in the novel. My initial plan had been to take a class in fashion design at FIT, but then I learned the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan had a shoemaking workshop. How quirky and odd, right?
I signed up. The rest is history....