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Nonfiction The Case of the Sexy Jewess: Dance, Gender and Jewish Joke-work in US Pop Culture Hannah Schwadron
Essay I Re-Read American Girl’s Rebecca Rubin Books, and They Hold Up Emily Schneider December 3, 2018
Essay Only We Can Save Us: A Brief History of Jewish Superheroes, Real and Fictional Adam Nemett November 1, 2018
Nonfiction Just the Funny Parts…And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys’ Club Nell Scovell
Nonfiction The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World Sarah Weinman
Nonfiction Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons Mike Reiss
Nonfiction Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How “The Graduate” Became the Touchstone of a Generation Beverly Gray
Essay Fact-Checking The Frisco Kid: A Historian’s Take on a Jewish Classic Shari Rabin December 21, 2017