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    Amy Spun­gen

    Amy Spun­gen, a free­lance edi­tor and writer, has a BS in jour­nal­ism from Vir­ginia Com­mon­wealth Uni­ver­si­ty and an MA in Eng­lish from North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty. She lives near Chica­go in High­land Park, Illinois.

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    Noth­ing Vast
    Moshe Zvi Marvit
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    All-Night Phar­ma­cy
    Ruth Madievsky
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    Sig­nal Fires
    Dani Shapiro
    Cover of The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz
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    The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remark­able Sto­ry of Sur­vival and Courage in Auschwitz
    Maya Lee, Magda Hellinger
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    Plun­der: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly Prop­er­ty and Nazi Treasure
    Men­achem Kaiser
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    Yishai Sarid
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    Dalia Sofer
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    Ayelet Tsabari
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    Kim Sher­wood
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    Scott Nadelson
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    Sabahattin Ali; Maureen Freely & Alexander Dawe, trans.
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    Eliz­a­beth L. Silver
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    Annette Gendler
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    Talk­ing with Debut Nov­el­ist Kim Sherwood

    Tes­ta­ment tells the sto­ry of a young woman whose beloved grand­fa­ther dies, trig­ger­ing her quest to find the truth of his past.

    Amy Spun­gen
    February 26, 2019
    Interview

    Inter­view: Annette Gendler

    Annette Gendler’s mem­oir Jump­ing Over Shad­ows pulls read­ers into the dra­ma of World War II with its fam­i­ly tale of an ill-fat­ed mar­riage between a Jew­ish man,…
    Amy Spun­gen
    June 27, 2017

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