
From Nana to PopPop: How Grandparents Get Their Names
Heritage, pronunciation and even location can play a role
September 10, 2020
Paula Ganzi McGloin (formerly Paula Ganzi Licata) is an award-winning journalist and essayist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsday, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other publications. She blogs about surviving life with an alcoholic, navigating widowhood and dating after 50 at paulalicata.com. Most recently, she completed a manuscript, Last Call: Surviving an Alcoholic—A Widow’s Memoir.