Bryan Schwartzman, at The Blogs

Aug 3, 2020, 6:25 AM

Revisiting Arthur Ashe’s Days of Grace in 2020

The photo is from ‘88 or ‘89. I recently came across it for the first time in years. I’m 11 or 12 years old, wearing ridiculous, paint-splotched sunglasses, clutching a baseball mitt and displaying a Pepsi can like a...

Jul 1, 2020, 8:13 AM

How to Move Forward? My 93-Year-Old Mentor Showed the Way

Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Tells Your Story? Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton Three months have passed since Sam “Mr. T” Tolkoff— New York City teacher, basketball coach, collegiate and professional athlete, pugilist, street philosopher, mentor, and Borscht Belt hotel...

About Me

Bryan Schwartzman is an award-winning journalist turned Jewish nonprofit professional living with his family in suburban Philadelphia. His fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.