Doree Shafrir
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Doree Shafrir is the author, with Jessica Grose, of Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home (Hyperion) and the creator of the website Postcards From Yo Momma. She is also a reporter at the New York Observer and a former editor at Gawker. Originally from Boston, she now lives in Brooklyn

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Happy Mother's Day! (And Don't Forget To E-Mail Your Grandma)

Posted May 8, 2009 | 15:16:29 (EST)

My grandmother is 85 years old and, to my knowledge, never gone online. Ten or maybe 12 years ago my grandfather told my mom that they'd be getting a computer "soon." But now I think they've decided that they're going to let this technological innovation pass them by. So they...

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Funny Emails From Mom

Posted April 7, 2009 | 12:16:39 (EST)

Since starting the website Postcards From Yo Momma, which publishes emails, IM conversations, and text messages between mothers and their adult children and putting together a book -- Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home, which came out last week -- based on the site, my co-editor...

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