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    Essay

    Dis­cov­er­ing the Pinch: Part I

    Steve Stern, win­ner of the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award, is the author of sev­er­al pre­vi­ous nov­els and sto­ry col­lec­tions, includ­ing The Book of Mis­chief and The Frozen…
    Steve Stern
    July 27, 2015
    Essay

    Of Autis­tic and Crazy

    Judy Brown wrote the con­tro­ver­sial nov­el Hush—a final­ist for the 2011 Syd­ney Tay­lor Award for out­stand­ing book on the Jew­ish expe­ri­ence — under a pseu­do­nym…
    Judy Brown
    July 27, 2015
    Essay

    Street-Cor­ner Soci­ol­o­gy in South Williamsburg

    Ear­li­er this week, John Ben­ditt pon­dered whether or not Proust was Jew­ish and wrote about iden­ti­ty and writ­ing. The Boat­mak­er is his debut nov­el. He has been blog­ging…
    John Ben­ditt
    July 24, 2015
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    Book Cov­er of the Week: The Golem and the Jin­ni, Indone­sian Edition

    Post­ed by Nat BernsteinIn case you need­ed an excuse to reread Helene Weck­er’s stun­ning 2013 nov­el, the book cov­er for the Indone­sian edi­tion of The Golem and the Jin­ni…
    Nat Bern­stein
    July 23, 2015
    Essay

    Was Proust Jewish?

    Ear­li­er this week, John Ben­ditt wrote about iden­ti­ty and writ­ing. The Boat­mak­er is his debut nov­el. He will blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s…
    John Ben­ditt
    July 22, 2015
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    On the Pass­ing of E. L. Doctorow

    Post­ed by Evie Saphire-Bernstein“A book is not com­plete until it’s read. The reader’s mind flows through sen­tences as through a cir­cuit – it illu­mi­nates them and…
    Evie Saphire-Bern­stein
    July 22, 2015
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