Amy Chu and the Reader
Amy Chu 8:30 a.m., Sept. 15
Sue Greenberg
Greenberg worked for 15 years at the Reader, serving as copy editor and writing occasional feature stories.
Articles by Sue Greenberg
Sue Greenberg and the Reader
Fifth and Laurel, Judith Moore as editor, sister, father
How Greenberg came to the Reader: I was already working for another San Diego publication when I took the 10-hour-a-week typesetting gig in the Reader’s ad department on Saturdays. When anyone asked about my day ...
Reader writers' favorite drinks and where they drink them
You don’t know how to make a Tora!Tora!Tora!?
There are times, sometimes in the midst of otherwise polite conversation, when it comes out that I make my living writing for the Reader. The follow-up to this revelation is almost never “Oh, that’s right, ...
Dragon’s Blood Sangria at Laurel
12 oz. red wine-3 oz. brandy 2 oz. triple sec 2 oz. orange juice 2 oz. pineapple juice 1 oz. simple syrup 1/2 oz. anisette Top with 2 oz. Sprite and garnish with fresh fruit ...
Your biggest fashion mistake? – from Chula Vista to Del Mar
Tell me what you're wearing
“My biggest fashion faux pas was wearing gauchos to work every day.”
23 Reader writers describe the regime of editor Judith Moore
She hated adverbs
Busy Fingers Are Happy Fingers — Joe Deegan Mother Reader — Barbarella Build Your Writing Muscles — Ollie Let the Tape Recorder Do the Work — Matthew Lickona Faith — Abe Opincar Make Something Better ...
More Blood, More Pus, More Mucus
"None of this PR crap anymore. It's a bad habit, and I'll be the one to break you of it, by God."
"This is horrible, this stuff about your mother. Just awful, Susie." Not since my father had someone called me Susie. And not since my father had the endearment arrived with such menace. "It's what I ...
22 Reader writers on school experiences
When the loud bell rang
My first day in school was really my second day — Jangchup Phelygal The Radiators That Ticked Heat into the Room — Laura Rhoton McNeal Rear Rank Rudy — Jim Morris Forget-me-nots — Rosa Colwin ...
Mean Girls
"Whadda you care what they think?"
'Do you think you're pretty?" A strip of tawny brown hair, chewed at the ends, dawdles by her nose. She stands at the top of the stairs and tilts her head to the side, flipping ...
Neighborhood: small towns of San Diego
Del Dios, Ocean Beach, Borrego Springs, and 29 others
I see Asian gang cars some nights, in a long caravan down the Mira Mesa Boulevard. They meet at In-N-Out Burger before heading off for illegal street races on Kearny Villa Road or in Sorrento Valley.
