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Posted by Naomi Firestone-Teeter
For those who haven’t jumped on the Edmund de Waal train yet, here’s your chance! Farrar, Straus and Giroux will be publishing the Illustrated Edition of The Hare with Amber Eyes in November. This beautiful edition features 100 previously unseen images, including photographs of the netsuke collection and full-color images from de Waal’s family archive.
Book Clubs will be happy to know that de Waal has a handy reader’s guide available on his website here.
Originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Naomi Firestone-Teeter is the CEO of the Jewish Book Council. Prior to becoming executive director and then CEO, she served as founding editor of the JBC website and managing editor of Jewish Book World. Naomi sits on the board of Jewish Creativity International.Naomi was named to the New York Jewish Week’s 2019 “36 Under 36” and Algemeiner’s 2018 list of the 100 people positively influencing Jewish life and was included on the Global Jewish 100 list by Izzy in 2020. She graduated from Emory University with degrees in English and Art History and, in addition, studied at University College London. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
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