Wendy Hawke Lenz, M.D. is a retired physician turned personal essayist and the owner of Hawke Girl Media. She writes short stories and small truths at Between Business Cards. Her essays are also found on Substack and on Medium where she writes for Crow's Feet and The Memoirist. She is currently completing her first novel.

  • Personal essay about a Brooklyn bodega and its resident star
    This Life

    Pretty Girl

    I met Ashley after she moved into her new digs in Brooklyn. Our daughter, Claire, lives in the same multi-story building — three floors up a marble and wrought iron staircase. Ashley lives street-level. There, the rush of cars and…

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