first book Bear With Me, about Flacks' personal experience with pregnancy and new motherhood. In 2007, Flacks became a featured columnist with the Toronto Star. Radio Flacks is a regular contributor for the CBC Radio show Definitely Not the Opera. For almost eight years she has also worked as a CBC Radio National Parenting columnist. Recurring themes In her own works, Flacks explores themes of Jewish identity, the relationship between women and religion, lesbian relationships, pregnancy, serious medical issues, and motherhood. Awards and honors 1994-1995 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program for the television show The Kids in the Hall 2014 Kobzar Literary Award in collaboration with Andrey Tarasiuk and Luba Goy for the play Luba, Simply Luba Personal life Flacks was married to Janis Purdy and is now divorced. They have two children. Her older son received a Jewish education. References External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian women dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian screenwriters Jewish Canadian writers Jewish Canadian actresses Canadian lesbian actresses Canadian lesbian writers Lesbian comedians LGBT Jews Canadian women comedians Canadian women screenwriters People from Lachine, Quebec Actresses from Montreal Comedians from Montreal Writers from Montreal Canadian LGBT dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian women writers 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses 21st-century LGBT people Canadian LGBT comedians 21st-century Canadian screenwriters Canadian LGBT screenwriters Lesbian screenwriters Lesbian dramatists and playwrights