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    Samuel I. Bellman

    Samuel I. Bell­man is pro­fes­sor emer­i­tus at Cal­i­for­nia State Poly­tech­nic Uni­ver­si­ty of Pomona. He has been writ­ing on Jew­ish Amer­i­can writ­ers since 1959.
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    Alan King and Friends. Foreword by Larry King.
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    Julius Lester
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    An Ambu­lance is on the Way: Sto­ries of Men in Trouble
    Jonathan Wilson
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    Gershon Shaked
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    A Changed Man: A Novel
    Francine Prose
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    Almonds to Zhoof: Col­lect­ed Stories
    Richard Stern
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    The Green Lantern: A Romance of Stal­in­ist Russia
    Jerome Charyn
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    Inside the Hor­net’s Head: An Anthol­o­gy of Jew­ish Amer­i­can Writing
    Jerome Charyn, ed.
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    Marc Estrin
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    Alan M. Wald
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    Louis Begley
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    Jay Neugeboren
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    Peter Charles Melman
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    Gary Shteyngart

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