Karen Wilfrid
Cognoscenti contributor
Karen Wilfrid is a seventh-grade English teacher based in Newton, MA, where she specializes in fiction, essays, and teaching middle schoolers the finer points of comma usage. Her debut novel, "Just Lizzie" (Clarion/HarperCollins) was released in November of 2023.
Recently published
‘Les Misérables’ is 40 this year — and I’ve never loved it more
Since I was a teenager, I’ve jumped at any opportunity to watch Jean Valjean break parole, Fantine dream a dream and Javert swear by the stars, Karen Wilfrid writes. She’s...
An unexpected life lesson from Garfield the cat
I wasn’t aware that anyone had been asking about Garfield’s feline parentage, writes Karen Wilfrid. But when—in the opening flashback—the dad leaves kitten Garfield alone in an alley, his innocent...